Leo 37 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 4319 |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Amisos (Helenopontus) (officeplace); Amisos (Helenopontus); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Amisos (Helenopontus) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Leo 37 was bishop of Amisos in Helenopontos; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) but is attested only at the first and seventh sessions, on 24 September and 11 October 787: Mansi XII 998, XIII 373, XIII 392. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Λέοντος ἐπισκόπου Ἀμινσοῦ: Mansi XII 998 and XIII 373 (Λέοντος ἐπισκόπου Ἀμισοῦ). At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council; he is here styled Λέων ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμισοῦ: Mansi XIII 392.
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