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Theodore Balsamon
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Byzantine legal scholar and Greek-Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
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Theodore Balsamon was a male Christian minister and canon law jurist born in Constantinople in 1140. A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, he practiced Eastern Orthodoxy and wrote in medieval Greek. He also served as a writer and patriarch.
Balsamon died in Constantinople in 1190. His career is noted as flourishing around the year 1200. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and The Catholic Encyclopedia. Records indicate he produced two works.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Constantinople
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- medieval Greek
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
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- date of death
- 1190-00-00
- date of birth
- 1140-00-00
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- writing language
- medieval Greek
- floruit
- 1200-00-00
- Commons category
- Theodore Balsamon
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Theodore Balsamon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana