# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-the-patrician
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:18:17.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-the-patrician"
name: "Peter the Patrician"
slug: "peter-the-patrician"
description: "Peter the Patrician was a senior Byzantine official, diplomat, and historian. A well-educated and successful lawyer, he was repeatedly sent as envoy to Ostrogothic Italy in the prelude to the Gothic War of 535–554. Despite his diplomatic skill, he was not able to avert war, and was imprisoned by the Goths in Ravenna for a few years. Upon his release, he was appointed to the post of magister officiorum, head of the imperial secretariat, which he held for an unparalleled 26 years. In this capacity, he was one of the leading ministers of Emperor Justinian I, playing an important role in the Byzantine emperor's religious policies and the relations with Sassanid Persia; most notably he led the negotiations for the peace agreement of 562 that ended the 20-year-long Lazic War. His historical writings survive only in fragments, but provide unique source material on early Byzantine ceremonies and diplomatic issues between Byzantium and the Sassanids."
tagline: "Byzantine historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meister_von_San_Vitale_in_Ravenna_003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "500"
deathDate: "565"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.92
  momentum:             0.8957960644007157
  historical:           14.89193866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B9)"
    title: "Петро (патрикій)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Patrician"
    title: "Peter the Patrician"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%89"
    title: "بطرس الارستقراطى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Петър Патриций"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_Patrici_el_Mestre"
    title: "Pere Patrici el Mestre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petros_Patrikios"
    title: "Petros Patrikios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Πέτρος Πατρίκιος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_el_Patricio"
    title: "Pedro el Patricio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "پطرس پاتریسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_le_Patrice"
    title: "Pierre le Patrice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Patrizio"
    title: "Pietro Patrizio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "პეტრე პატრიკიოსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Patricius"
    title: "Petrus Patricius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Patrycjusz"
    title: "Piotr Patrycjusz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%2C_o_Patr%C3%ADcio"
    title: "Pedro, o Patrício"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Пётр Патрикий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pjet%C3%ABr_Patrici"
    title: "Pjetër Patrici"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_(patrisyen)"
    title: "Petrus (patrisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964738"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump