Hypertimos Explained

Hypertimos (el|ὑπέρτιμος, "most honorable one") is an ecclesiastical title in the Eastern Orthodox churches following the Greek liturgical tradition, used to designate metropolitan bishops.

The title originated in the 11th-century Byzantine Empire, where the philosopher Michael Psellos held this title at the end of his illustrious career;[1] and in the chrysobull to the Venetians of 1082, the title was also conferred on the Patriarch of Grado.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Letters of Psellos: Cultural Networks and Historical Realities . Michael Jeffreys . Marc D. Lauxtermann . Oxford University Press . 2017 . 9780198787228 . 426 .
  2. Book: Alexander Kazhdan . Ann Wharton-Epstein . Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries . University of California Press . 1985 . 9780520051294 . 179.