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Headword: Ἰγνάτιος
Adler number: iota,84
Translated headword: Ignatius, Ignatios
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Deacon and skeuophylax of the great church in Constantinople; he became metropolitan of Nicaea. Grammarian. He wrote biographies of Tarasius and Nicephorus, the holy and blessed patriarchs; funeral elegies; letters; iambics addressed to[1] Thomas the Rebel, which they call the ones Concerning Thomas; etc.
Greek Original:
Ἰγνάτιος, διάκονος καὶ σκευοφύλαξ τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ γεγονὼς μητροπολίτης Νικαίας, γραμματικός. ἔγραψε βίους Ταρασίου καὶ Νικηφόρου τῶν ἁγίων καὶ μακαρίων πατριαρχῶν: ἐπιτυμβίους ἐλέγους: ἐπιστολάς: ἰάμβους εἰς Θωμᾶν τὸν Ἀντάρτην, ἅπερ ὀνομάζουσι τὰ κατὰ Θωμᾶν: καὶ ἄλλα.
Notes:
RE Ignatios (2). Tarasius (patriarch 784-806) and Nicephorus (patriarch 806-815) were opponents of the iconoclasts (see web addresses 1 & 2). Thomas the Slav began his attempt to make himself emperor in 820/1.
[1] "Against Thomas"? See Barry Baldwin, "Book Titles in the Suda," JHS 103 (1983) 136.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; poetry; religion
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 4 March 2001@11:53:15.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added links) on 22 April 2002@13:51:53.
David Whitehead (tweaked translation) on 18 April 2006@03:29:27.
Catharine Roth (added note) on 3 April 2008@10:52:38.
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