Sergios 58 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII/E IX |
Ethnicity | Isaurian |
Locations | Eirenopolis (Isauria) (residence); Eirenopolis (Isauria) |
Textual Sources | Vita Gregorii Decapolitae, by Ignatius the Deacon,ed. F. Dvornik, La Vie de Saint Grégoire le Décapolite et les Slaves macédoniens au IXe siècle (Paris, 1926), pp. 45-75 (hagiography) |
Sergios 58 was the husband (ἀνὴρ) of Maria 7, father of Gregorios 79 (St Gregory the Decapolite); they lived in Isauria at Eirenopolis in the Decapolis; Sergios 58 was not interested in spiritual matters, unlike his wife: Ignatius, Vita Greg. Dec. 2. He and Maria 7 tried to arrange a marriage for Gregorios 79: Ignatius, Vita Greg. Dec. 3. His death occurred at the time when Gregorios 79 was contemplating becoming a monk: Ignatius, Vita Greg. Dec. 4.
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