Thomas 59 was a hypatos and chartoularios; he is mentioned in a letter from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) to the bishop of Dyrrhachion, Antonios 34; Thomas 59 had taken the lead in persuading the monk Erastos 2 to administer the rite of baptism to a dying child (possibly his own child) (αὐτὸς ὁ ἀναγκάσας - καὶ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ τῶν λίαν καὶ εὐσεβῶν καὶ ἐμφρόνων καί γε περιφανῶν, Θωμᾶς ὁ ὕπατός τε καὶ χαρτουλάριος) (cf. also Iakobos 13 and Euthymios 19): Theod. Stud., Ep. 462 (?a. 823). Chartoularios, he was the addressee of a letter from Theodoros 15 in c. 823; he had written to Theodoros 15 to tell him of the death of his wife (Anonyma 80) and his decision now to become a monk and devote himself to God; he was receiving guidance from a monk whom he considered unsuitable and asked Theodoros 15 to provide a better guide, someone capable of guiding souls and saving a whole monastery; he was apparently planning to found a new monastery (εἰ δ' ἐρᾷς νεουργῆσαι μονήν); his letter had been delivered by his notarios, Georgios 229; he is styled τῆς τιμιότητος σου and addressed as φίλε καλέ: Theod. Stud., Ep. 467 (?a. 823; addressed Θωμᾷ χαρτουλαρίῳ). It is possible that his wife (Anonyma 80) had died in childbirth; two other infants who had previously died unbaptised are alluded to in Ep. 467 and they too may have been children of Thomas 59.

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