Michael 16 was bishop of Tralleis in Lydia; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787; Mansi XII 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπου Τράλλης: Mansi XII 995, XIII 373 (Τράλλων). Elsewhere he is styled Μιχαὴλ ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Τράλλης or similar: Mansi XII 1102, XIII 144 (Στάλλης), XIII 389 (Τράλων). 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 1102. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 389. On his see, cf. Jones, Cities, 2nd ed., pp. 81-82 with p. 398, n. 88.

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