Gracilis 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 767 (taq) / 768 (tpq) |
| Locations | Alatrium (Campania);
Rome |
| Titles | Tribounos, Campania (office) |
| Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Gracilis 1 was a tribunus; a supporter of the antipope Constantine (Konstantinos 140), he was accused of doing great harm in Campania; troops from Rome went to Alatri in Campania early in the pontificate of Stephen IV (III) (Stephanos 84) (i.e. 768/769) and arrested him; he was taken back to Rome and remained in custody until some people from Campania removed him, under the pretext of taking him to a monastery, and near the Colosseum put out his eyes and cut out his tongue: Lib. Pont. 96. 14 ("Gracilis tribunus, consentaneus iamdicti Constantini apostolice sedis invasoris, per quem plura mala Campanie partes perpetrata sunt").
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