Epiphanios 47 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E IX |
Dates | 816 (taq) / 817 (ob.) |
PmbZ No. | 1584 |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Eukairia (Monastery of) (residence); Nikaia (residence); Eukairia (Monastery of); Nikaia |
Occupation | Hegoumenos; Monk |
Titles | Hegoumenos, Eukairia (office) |
Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
Epiphanios 47 was hegoumenos of the monastery of Eukairia; addressee of a letter from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite), written in 816/817; he was a supporter of the veneration of icons who was exiled during the persecution under Leo V (Leo 15), possibly to the vicinity of Nikaia (cf. line 5 νικαΐζεις καὶ τόπῳ καὶ τρόπῳ: p. 297, line 5); the letter was written shortly after Theodoros heard of his exile: Theod. Stud. Ep. 176, pp. 297-298 (addressed Ἐπιφανίῳ ἡγουμένῳ Εὐκαιρίας). In 817 the hegoumenos of the monastery of Eukairia was Ioannes 459, which suggests that Epiphanios was already dead.
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