5. EPISCOPUS (Ioniae et Asiatidis Terrae Episcopus), a Byzantine bishop of uncertain age, wrote "Epistola ad Magnum Magnae Ecclesiae Constantinop. Chartophylacem," which begins Φφίνοντος τῆς πόλεως ἐσίοντος, and is extant in MS. (Cave. Iist. Lit. Append. p. 175.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890