Theoktistos
Byzantine regent for emperor Michael III from 842 to 855
Feast: 20 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Theoktistos or Theoctistus (Ancient Greek: Θεόκτιστος; died 20 November 855) was a leading Byzantine official during the second quarter of the 9th century and the de facto head of the regency for the underage emperor Michael III from 842 until his dismissal and murder in 855. A eunuch courtier, he assisted in the ascent of Michael II to the throne in 820, and was rewarded with the titles of patrikios and later magistros. He held the high posts of chartoularios tou kanikleiou and logothetēs tou dromou under Michael and his son Theophilos.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q3050857 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Theoktistos (CC BY-SA)
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