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Bessarion

(1403—1472)


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(1399/1400–1472)

Born at Trebizond of a modest family, the young Bessarion was noticed by Metropolitan Dositheus, who took him with him to Constantinople in c.1415. There he studied Rhetoric and ...

Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)

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Bessarion (1403–72)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 526 words
Bessarion (1403–72)
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 98 words
Bessarion (1399)
in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Length: 821 words
Bessarion, Cardinal John (1403/8–1472)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 80 words

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