Paulos 63 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII/IX |
PmbZ No. | 5804 |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Nikaia; Nikaia (officeplace) |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Metropolitan, Nikaia (Bithynia) (office) |
Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Paulos 63 was metropolitan bishop of Nikaia; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century (see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals III, p. 108, note; rather than to the late seventh century or the early eighth, as Zacos and Veglery): DOSeals III 59.11 = Zacos and Veglery 1348. Obv.: Virgin standing, holding the Child, and on either side monograms of Θεοτόκε and βοήθη. Rev.: cruciform monogram of Παυλω with a circular inscription reading: +μητροπολ..η Νικαιας. The name and title read: Παύλῳ μητροπολίτῃ Νικαίας.
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