Life and Reputation
The synaxarion locates Lampados at Irenopolis in Isauria and assigns him to the tenth century. According to the account, even before withdrawing from worldly affairs he was distinguished by the Christian virtues, and the brief life that survives is organized around these qualities rather than around dated events.
He is praised in particular for his wisdom and his exceeding goodness, and for controlling his tongue, together with his patience, his forbearance, and his gentleness. The available texts do not preserve a birth date, a precise date of repose, or a detailed account of the circumstances under which he is honored as a hieromartyr; later compilers note the gentleness and pastoral virtue for which he was remembered while leaving the fuller narrative untransmitted.