Bessarion | |
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Cardinal Latin Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Diocese | Constantinople |
Predecessor | Isidore of Kiev |
Successor | Pietro Riario |
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Rank | Cardinal bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Basileios 2 January 1403 |
Died | 18 November 1472 Ravenna, Papal States |
Nationality | Greek |
Denomination | Catholic (formerly Eastern Orthodox) Philosophy career |
Era | Renaissance philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Neoplatonism |
Main interests | Metaphysics, theology |
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Styles of Bessarion | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Constantinople |
Bessarion (Greek: Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letters in the 15th century.[1]
He was educated by Gemistus Pletho in Neoplatonic philosophy and later served as the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. He eventually was named a cardinal and was twice considered for the papacy.[2]
His baptismal name was Basil (Greek: Βασίλειος,[3] Basileios[4] or Basilios[5]). He took the name Bessarion upon entering the monastery.[6] He has been mistakenly known also as Johannes Bessarion (Italian: Giovanni Bessarione) due to an erroneous interpretation of Gregory III Mammas.