Iakobos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| PmbZ No. | 2635 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Maximina (Monastery of) (officeplace); Maximina (Monastery of) (residence); Maximina (Monastery of) |
| Occupation | Hegoumenos |
| Titles | Hegoumenos, Maximina (office) |
| Textual Sources | Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Iakobos 2 was hegoumenos of the monastery of Maximina (τὸν Μαξιμίνης ἡγούμενον); at his mother's request he baptised the infant Photios 1, giving him the name Photios and hoping that the anger of God would pass from him: Ps.-Symeon 669. The story is part of an account which is very hostile to Photios 1.
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