Basilios Bessarion
Deceased Q299446

Basilios Bessarion

Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1403-1472)

Born: January 2, 1403 (1403) · Trabzon
Died: November 18, 1472 (1472) · Ravenna
Age at death: 69 years
Occupation writer, politician, philosopher, translator, diplomat, theologian, Catholic priest, philologist, humanist, orator, metropolitan
Field of work politics, theology, philology, diplomacy, classical philology, Christian Church, translating activity, rhetoric, Eastern Christianity
Position held cardinal, titular archbishop, Cardinal Bishop of Sabina (Vescovio), abbot, metropolitan, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, apostolic administrator, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Catholic archbishop, Cardinal-priest Ss. XII Apostoli, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
Gender male

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