Georgios 221 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M VIII |
Dates | 756 (taq) / 756 (tpq) |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Italy (officeplace); Italy; Francia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, unknown (Italy) (office) |
Textual Sources | Codex Carolinus, ed. W. Gundlach, in MGH, Epp. 3 (Berlin, 1892), pp. 469-657 (letters); Stephen II (pope), Epistulae (Codex Carolinus), PL 98. 100-134; ed. W. Gundlach, MGH Epp. III, pp. 469-657 (letters) |
Georgios 221 was a bishop in Italy sent with Thomarichos 2 and Komitas 6 by pope Stephen III (II) (Stephanos 8) as an envoy to the Frankish king Pepin 1; they accompanied Warnehar 1 (a Frankish envoy) to inform Pepin 1 of the attacks on Rome and the neighbourhood by the Lombard king Aistulf 1 and to seek his intervention; he is mentioned in letters of Stephanos 8: Codex Carolinus, nos. 8 and 9 (pp. 497, 500) ("
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