George Galesiotes Explained

George Galesiotes (Greek: Γεώργιος Γαλησιώτης, c. 1275/1280−1357) was a high-ranking Byzantine official of the Patriarchate of Constantinople who studied under the tutelage of Manuel Holobolos.^[1] Upon becoming an official of the Patriarchate, Galesiotes was in charge of the sakellion of the Church from around 1330 and 1346.^[2] Along with being a Church official, Galesiotes also became an author of speeches and other works.^[3]

Sources

• Book: Davis, John. Anna Komnene and Niketas Choniates 'translated': the fourteenth century Byzantine metaphrases. 55–72. Macrides. Ruth. History As Literature in Byzantium: Papers from the Fortieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, University of Birmingham, April 2007. 2010. Burlington, VT. Ashgate Publishing Company. 978-1-40-941206-9.
• Book: Fryde, Edmund B.. Edmund Fryde. The Early Palaeologan Renaissance (1261−c. 1360). Leiden. Brill. 2000. 978-9-00-411714-3.
• Book: Kazhdan, Aleksandr Petrovich. Authors and Texts in Byzantium. 1993. Aldershot, Hampshire. Variorum. 978-0-86-078362-6.

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