Basilios Bessarion
Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1403-1472) · Academics · Died at 69
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Something wrong?A Byzantine scholar who fled east-to-west as empires collapsed, carrying Greek philosophy into Renaissance Italy - then nearly became pope twice.
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Bessario Patriarcha Constantinopoli (BM 1910,0610.129)About this person
Born Basil on 2 January 1403, he studied Neoplatonic philosophy under Gemistus Pletho before taking the monastic name Bessarion. He rose to titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, a symbolic bridge between Byzantine and Roman churches. As the Greek world crumbled, he became one of the famed scholars who ferried classical learning westward, fueling the 15th-century revival of letters. Rome elevated him to cardinal and twice considered him for the papacy itself. He died 18 November 1472, having lived long enough to see his transplanted tradition take root.
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