# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elpidius
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:44:57.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elpidius"
name: "Elpidius"
slug: "elpidius"
description: "Elpidius or Elpidios was a Byzantine aristocrat and governor of Sicily, who was accused of conspiring against Empress Irene of Athens. This forced him to rebel, and after being defeated he defected to the Abbasid Caliphate and was recognized there as Byzantine emperor."
tagline: "Byzantine general and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seal_of_Elpidios%2C_patrikios_of_Sicily_(Schlumberger%2C_1900).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "800"
deathDate: "900"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.98
  momentum:             6.554647599591418
  historical:           11.807812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidiu"
    title: "Elpidiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "إلبيديوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "البيديوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Елпидий (узурпатор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidi_(governador)"
    title: "Elpidi (governador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidios_(Usurpator)"
    title: "Elpidios (Usurpator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)"
    title: "Ελπίδιος (στρατηγός Σικελίας)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidius_(rebel)"
    title: "Elpidius (rebel)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidius"
    title: "Elpidius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidius_(pemberontak)"
    title: "Elpidius (pemberontak)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidio_(ribelle)"
    title: "Elpidio (ribelle)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidios"
    title: "Elpidios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elp%C3%ADdio_(rebelde)"
    title: "Elpídio (rebelde)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B8)"
    title: "Елпидий (стратиг Сицилии)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump