Philon 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 816 (taq) / 817 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 6182 |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile; Iconoclast |
| Locations | Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople); Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople) (residence) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
Philon 2 a Stoudite monk; addressee, jointly with Titos 2, of two letters written by Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) in 816; they belonged to the group of monks associated with Thaddaios 1, and were imprisoned together during the iconoclast persecution under Leo V (Leo 15): Theod. Stud., Ep. 129, pp. 246-247; 241, p. 374 (both addressed Τίτῳ καὶ Φίλωνι τέκνοις). In 816/817 they had both deserted the iconophile cause: Theod. Stud., Ep. 190, pp. 314-315.
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