Gennadios II Scholarios Reference library
Alice-Mary Talbot
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
... II Scholarios , theologian and patriarch of Constantinople ( 6 Jan. 1454–56 , 1463 , and 1464–65 ); baptismal name George ; born Constantinople between 1400 and 1405 , died Mt. Menoikeion ca. 1472 . He is sometimes referred to as Kourteses , perhaps his mother's name. A student of Mark Eugenikos , John Chortasmenos , and Joseph Bryennios , Gennadios taught logic and physics in Constantinople. By 1438 he was didaskalos , senator, and krites katholikos . He attended the Council of Ferrara - Florence , where he took a Unionist position. By...
Gennadios II Scholarios Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
... II Scholarios ( c. 1400 / 5 – c. 1472 ), Greek scholar, theologian, and patriarch, born in Constantinople. By 1438 he had been appointed teacher of theology (διδάσκαλος) at Hagia Sophia, senator (σύγκλητος), and one of the four ‘universal judges’ (κριταί καθολικοι) of the empire. He attended the Council of Florence as a delegate representing the view of those who advocated the reunion of the Byzantine and Roman churches, but by 1444 had defected to the side of those opposed to the union and become leader of the anti-unionist party. This change of...
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Gennadius II (George Scholarius), patriarch of Constantinople (c.1405–c.72) Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
...II (George Scholarius) , patriarch of Constantinople ( c .1405– c .72 ) A Thomist and initially an advocate of ecclesial union with *Rome at the Council of *Florence , Scholarius later led the anti-unionist party and became the first *patriarch under Turkish rule following the fall of Constantinople. See also thomism . A. Edward Siecienski G. Scholarius , Oeuvres complètes , ed. L. Petit and M. Jugie , 8 vols (1928–36). A.-M. Talbot , ‘ Gennadios II Scholarios ’, ODB , vol. 2, 830. F. Tinnefeld , ‘George Gennadios Scholarius’, La...
Cheilas Reference library
Alexander Kazhdan
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...his time, such as John Eugenikos , Bessarion , Plethon , and Gennadios II Scholarios . I. Bogiatzides , Hai prinkipes Cheilades tes Lakedaimonos , NE 19 (1925) 192–209. J. Gouillard , Après le schisme arsénite: La correspondance inédite du PseudoJean Chilas , BSHAcRoum 25 (1944) 174–211. Alexander...
Charsianeites Monastery Reference library
Alice-Mary Talbot
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...within the city walls. The monastery had close ties to Kantakouzenos , who granted it a chrysobull, and spent part of his retirement there as the monk Ioasaph . Two of the monastery's superiors became patriarchs ( Neilos Kerameus and Matthew I); a third patriarch, Gennadios II Scholarios , took the habit there. Patr. Matthew composed a testament in 1407 that describes the origins of the monastery and includes a typikon as well as a hypotyposis drafted by his two predecessors as hegoumenos , Mark and Neilos . Makarios Makres wrote a description...
Pammakaristos, Church of Hagia Maria Reference library
Cyril Mango
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...probably founded in the 12th C. by a John Komnenos . After 1261 it came into the possession of the protostrator Michael Tarchaneiotes Glabas (died ca. 1305 ), who was buried there in the south parekklesion built in his memory by his widow Maria. Around 1455 Gennadios II Scholarios chose the Pammakaristos as the seat of the Greek patriarchate; it remained such until 1587 , when the Turks confiscated it and converted it into a mosque. A document of the second half of the 16th C. describes a number of tombs and relics there, as well as inscriptions...
Plethon, George Gemistos Reference library
Alice-Mary Talbot
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...born Constantinople ca. 1360 , died Mistra 26 June 1452 . The first 50 years of his life are shadowy. According to his enemy Gennadios II Scholarios , George Gemistos studied with a Jew, Elisha ( Elissaios ), at the “court of the barbarians,” perhaps Bursa, and was exposed to Zoroastrianism . He evidently taught in Constantinople ( Mark Eugenikos was his student) until ca. 1410 , when he was exiled to Mistra by Emp. Manuel II on suspicion of heresy and paganism. He spent the rest of his life at Mistra, where he was rewarded with land grants for...
