Leontios of Neapolis


Leontios was Bishop of Neapolis in Cyprus in the 7th century.
He wrote a Life of John the Merciful, commissioned by the archbishop of Constantia Arcadius; a Life of Simeon the Holy Fool; a lost Life of Spyridon and an apologia against the Jews. His works are considered among the few works giving any insight into the vernacular Greek of Early and Middle Byzantium.
He was probably present at the Lateran council in Rome in 649.