Chrysocheir
Sign in to saveChrysocheir (), also known as Chrysocheres, Chrysocheris, or Chrysocheiros (Χρυσόχερης/Χρυσόχερις/Χρυσόχειρος), all meaning "goldhand", was the second and last leader of the Paulician principality of Tephrike from 863 to his death in either 872 or 878.
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- Byzantine Empire
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- military personnel
- Convicted of
- heresy
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- 0900-01-01
- date of death
- 0872-01-01
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- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- manner of death
- capital punishment
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Chrysocheir (), also known as Chrysocheres, Chrysocheris, or Chrysocheiros (Χρυσόχερης/Χρυσόχερις/Χρυσόχειρος), all meaning "goldhand", was the second and last leader of the Paulician principality of Tephrike from 863 to his death in either 872 or 878.
==Biography== 280px|thumb|Byzantine Asia Minor and the Byzantine-Arab frontier region in the middle of the 9th century According to the Byzantine chroniclers, Chrysocheir was a nephew of the Paulician leader Karbeas. Furthermore, according to Peter the Sicilian, he was Karbeas' "nephew and son-in-law", indicating that he had married his first cousin, a practice strongly condemned by the Byzantine Church. Following the anti-Paulician campaign launched in 843 by the Empress-regent Theodora, Karbeas and many of his followers had fled to the Muslim border emirates and established an independent principality centred on Tephrike. From there, Karbeas led the Paulicians in wars against the Byzantine Empire on the side of the Muslims until his death in 863.
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