Pardos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 5723 |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Pitane (Asia) (officeplace); Pitane (Asia); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Pitane (Asia) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Pardos 1 was bishop of Pitane in Asia; 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 Pardos 1 is styled Πάρδου ἐπισκόπου Πιτανῆς: Mansi XII 995, XIII 368 (Πιττάνης). Elsewhere he is styled Πάρδος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Πιτανῆς or similar: Mansi XII 1098 (Σάρδος ὁ ὁσιώτατως ἐπίσκοπος Πιττάνης; the Latin version, at XII 1097 styles him "
At the second session Pardos 1 supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1098. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 141. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 385.
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