Potentios 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
FloruitM VII
Dates649 (taq) / 649 (tpq)
Variant NamesPotentinus
ReligionAnti-monothelete;
Christian
LocationsRome;
Velitrae (Campania) (officeplace);
Velitrae (Campania)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Velitrae (Campania) (office)
Textual SourcesLateran Council = Concilium Lateranense anno 649 celebratum, ed. R. Riedinger, ACO II 1 (Berlin, 1984) (conciliar)

Potentios 1 was bishop of Velitrae; he attended all five sessions of the Lateran Council, from 5 October to 31 October 649, and in the list of bishops present is named in thirtieth place: Conc. Lat., p. 4, line 2 (Ποτεντίου ἐπισκόπου Βελλιτέρνης), p. 5, line 2 ("Potentino Belliternense episcopo") (the first session), cf. pp. 31, 111, 177 and 247 (the Latin version only is repeated for the other sessions). He subscribed the definition of the faith agreed by the Council at its fifth session: Conc. Lat., p. 394, line 5 (Ποτέντιος ἐπίσκοπος Βελλιτέρνης), p. 395, line 5 ("Potentinus episcopus sanctae Belliternensis ecclesiae").

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