Gregory Palamas

Gregory Palamas

male, deceased (1359)
Theologian, Energies of God, Philokalia, monk, ousia, monasticism…Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition, BarlaamofCalabria
Gregory Palamas was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later Archbishop of Thessalonica known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. He is...
Nicephorus Gregoras

Nicephorus Gregoras

male, deceased (1360)
historian, Gregorius Palamas, hesychast, BarlaamofCalabria, chartophylax, Gregory XIII…calabria, Barlaam
Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea in Pontus. At an early age he...
Barlaam Of Seminara

BarlaamOf Seminara

male, deceased (1348)
Greek Renaissance humanist, Italian Renaissance humanist, Sophia, BarlaamofCalabria, Theologian, Blachernae…calabria, Energies of God, Zealots of Thessalonica
Barlaam of Seminara (ca. 1290-1348), or Barlaam of Calabria was a Greek/Italian scholar (Aristotelian scholastic) and clergyman of the 14th...

Gregory Acindynus

male, deceased (1348)
thessaloniki, mount athos, Byzantine theologian, Prilep, Black Death, Pelagonia…BarlaamofCalabria, plague of 1348
Gregory Akindynos (ca. 1300-1348) was a Byzantine Greek theologian. A native of Prilep, he moved from Pelagonia to Thessaloniki and studied under...