Ktetor
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ktetor-259-16221403
title:
Ktetor
text:
Ktetor or ktitor, meaning 'founder', is a title given in the Middle Ages to the provider of funds for construction or reconstruction of an Eastern Orthodox church or monastery, for the addition of icons, frescos, and other works of art. It was used in the Byzantine sphere. A Catholic equivalent of the term is donator. At the time of founding, the ktetor often issued typika, and was illustrated on frescoes. The female form is ktetorissa or ktitoritsa.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Church benefactor or church warden in Orthodox Christianity
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ktetor
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date modified:
2024-03-06T06:50:27Z
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