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Euphemianos archbishop of Euchaita (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a martyr's cross. Circular inscription: αγι.θε : Ἅγι[ε] Θε[όδωρε βοήθει]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No border visible.

ευφη.
ινρ.
ιεπισκ
υχιτ

Εὐφη[μ]ιανῷ ἀρ[χ]ιεπισκ(όπῳ) [Ε]ὐχαΐτ(ων)

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a martyr's cross. Circular inscription: αγι.θε : Ἅγι[ε] Θε[όδωρε βοήθει]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No border visible.

ευφη.
ινρ.
ιεπισκ
υχιτ

Εὐφη[μ]ιανῷ ἀρ[χ]ιεπισκ(όπῳ) [Ε]ὐχαΐτ(ων)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.138
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 16.1.

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 853.

Translation

Εὐφημιανῷ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Εὐχαΐτων.

Euphemianos, archbishop of Euchaitai.

Commentary

Euphemianos was archbishop of Euchaita by 869 and seems to have been deposed by Photios sometime between 882 and 886.

Bibliography

  • Le dédoublement de Saint Théodore et les villes d’Euchaïta et d’Euchaneia (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)