Basilios Bessarion
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nicolaus Bessarion, Basilius Bessarion, Basileios Bessarion, Cardinal Bessarion, Bassilios Bessarion, Cardinal Bēssariōn, Iohannes Bessarion, Johannes Bessarion
Bessarion (; 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 revival of letters in the 15th century. 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.
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- cardinal
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- His Eminence
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- Bessarion
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- Basileios
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- Bessarion by Jean-Jacques Boissard
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- CardinalLatin Patriarch of Constantinople
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- Constantinople
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- Christian leader.consecration
- 1437
- Christian leader.cardinal
- 18 December 1439
- Christian leader.created_cardinal_by
- Pope Eugene IV
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- Cardinal bishop
- Christian leader.successor
- Pietro Riario
- Christian leader.predecessor
- Isidore of Kiev
- Christian leader.birth_date
- 2 January 1403
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- Trebizond, Empire of Trebizond
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- Ravenna, Papal States
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Trabzon
- Place of death
- Ravenna
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- cardinal
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Participant in
- 1471 papal conclave
- Student of
- John Chortasmenos
- Doctoral student
- Janus Lascaris
- Field of work
- classical philology
- Image
- Johannes Bessarion aport012.png
- Work location
- Byzantine Empire
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- date of birth
- 1403-01-02
- date of death
- 1472-11-18
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Santi Apostoli
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Bessarion's Neoplatonism
- Role in the Council of Ferrara
- Cardinal and later life
- Works
- Editions
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Bessarion (; 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 revival of letters in the 15th century. 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.
His baptismal name was Basil (Greek: Βασίλειος, Basileios or Basilios). He took the name Bessarion upon entering the monastery. He has been mistakenly known also as Johannes Bessarion () due to an erroneous interpretation of Gregory III Mammas.
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