Bessarion
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title:
Bessarion
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Bessarion 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. 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. He took the name Bessarion upon entering the monastery. He has been
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Greek theologian and scholar (1403–1472)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarion
date created:
2002-12-08T20:49:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T03:23:01Z
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