Ioannes 91 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | E |
Floruit | M/L IX |
Dates | 867 (taq) / 867 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 3321 |
Locations | Constantinople (residence); Constantinople (officeplace); Constantinople |
Titles | Praipositos (office) |
Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Ioannes 91 was praipositos (Ἰωάννην πραιπόσιτον); sent by the emperor Basil I (Basilios 7) on the morning after the murder of the emperor Michael III (Michael 11) to fetch Eudokia 3 Dekapolitissa and escort her back to her parents: Leo Gramm. 252, Georg. Mon. Cont. 838, Ps.-Symeon 686. The date was 24 September 867. The post was normally held by eunuchs.
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