Leo 280 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 801 (taq) / 811 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4411 |
| Ethnicity | Sicilian |
| Locations | Rome; Sicily (birthplace) |
| Titles | Spatharios (dignity) |
| Textual Sources | Annales Regni Francorum, ed. F. Kurze, MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 6 (1895; repr. 1950) (annals) |
Leo 280 was a native of Sicily; he was a spatharios; in 811 he accompanied an embassy sent by Charlemagne (Karoulos 1) to the emperor Nikephoros I (Nikephoros 8); ten years earlier he had fled from Sicily to Rome to join the Frankish emperor and now wished to return home: Annales Regni Francorum s.a. 811. Cf. Aio 1, Haido 1 and Hugo 1 (Karoulos 1's envoys in 811).
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