Peter of Goulaion

Peter of Goulaion ({{langx|el|Πέτρος τοῦ Γουλαίου or ὁ Γουλαιάτης|Petros tou Goulaiou/ho Goulaiates}}) was a Byzantine abbot of the early 9th century, who was used by Emperor Nikephoros I as envoy.

He was abbot (hegumenos) of the monastery of Goulaion, whose exact location and identity are not known.{{sfn|Janin|1975|pp=141–142}} He is commonly identified with the Petrus abbas who was one of the leaders (along with Michahel episcopus, identified with Michael of Synnada) of an embassy sent by Nikephoros I to Charlemagne in 802/3.{{sfn|PmbZ|loc=Petros (# 6066)}} In 806, during the invasion of Asia Minor by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, Peter and Michael, along with Gregory, the steward of Amastris, were sent to the Caliph to propose negotiate a peace.{{sfn|PmbZ|loc=Petros (# 6066)}}

He may also be identifiable with the unnamed abbot of Goulaion, who according to Theodore Stoudites abandoned the veneration of icons in {{circa|816}}, but later ({{circa|824/6}}) returned to an iconophile position.{{sfn|PmbZ|loc=Petros (# 6066)}}