Plato (exarch)

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων, fl. 645–653) was the Exarch of Ravenna from 645 to 649. He is known primarily for his monothelitism and his opposition to the Pope Theodore I. He convinced the Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople to break with the Pope.

He is first attested as exarch in 645. By 649, when his successor Olympius is named as being at Ravenna, he was already back at the imperial court in Constantinople, functioning as the advisor of Emperor Constans II on the Italian situation regarding Pope Martin I's resistance to Monotheletism.

He is last attested in 653. A brother, the presbyter Theocharistos, and a brother-in-law or son-in-law named Theodore Chilas, are also attested two years later.

Sources

Winkelmann, Friedhelm; Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; et al. (2001). "Platon (#6266)". Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit: I. Abteilung (641–867), 4. Band: Platon (#6266) – Theophylaktos (#8345) (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 1. ISBN 3-11-016674-7.

Preceded by Theodore I Calliopas	Exarch of Ravenna c. 645–649	Succeeded by Olympius

Exarchs of the Exarchate of Ravenna

Decius (584–585)
Smaragdus (585–589)
Romanus (589–596)
Callinicus (596–603)
Smaragdus (603–608)
John I (608–616)
Eleutherius (616–619)
Isaac (625–643)
Theodore I Calliopas (643–645)
Plato (645–649)
Olympius (649–652)
Theodore I Calliopas (653 – c. 666)
Gregory (c. 666–678)
Theodore II (678–687)
John II Platyn (687–702)
Theophylactus (702–710)
John III Rizocopus (710–711)
Scholasticus (713–723)
Paul (723–727)
Eutychius (728–752)

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