Ioannes 126 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tp) |
PmbZ No. | 3061 |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Aizanoi (Phrygia Pacatiana) (officeplace); Aizanoi (Phrygia Pacatiana); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Azana (Phrygia Pacatiana) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Ioannes 126 was bishop of Azanoi (Aizanoi) in Phrygia Pacatiana; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council), where he is attested at the second and fourth sessions, on 26 September and 1 October 787: Mansi XII 1110 (Ἰωάννης ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀζάνων), XIII 149 (Ἰωάννης ἐπίσκοπος Ἀζάνων). At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1110. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 149.
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