Doxapatres ( gr, Δοξαπατρη̑ς, anglicized Doxapater) is
Byzantine
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family name
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. The forms Δοξόπατρος, Doxopatros, Doxopatres and Doxopater are erroneous.
Persons with this name include;
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Gregory Doxapatres (11th century), commentator on the ''
Basilika
The ''Basilika'' was a collection of laws completed c. 892 AD in Constantinople by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Leo VI the Wise during the Macedonian dynasty. This was a continuation of the efforts of his father, Basil I, to simplify and ...
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[J. Morton (2017), "A Byzantine Canon Law Scholar in Norman Sicily: Revisiting Neilos Doxapatres's ''Order of the Patriarchal Thrones''," ''Speculum'' 92(3), 724–754. ]
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John Doxapatres (11th century), rhetorician and commentator
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Nicholas Doxapatres (12th century), canonist, possibly identical with Neilos
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* Neilos Doxapatres (12th century), Siculo-Greek monk and writer, possibly identical with Nicholas][
*]Doxapatres Boutsaras Doxapatres Boutsaras ( el, Δοξαπατρής Βουτσαράς) was a Byzantine Greek independent lord in the central Peloponnese in the early 13th century. He had his headquarters in the Araklovon Castle, which is located near the Minthi villag ...
(13th century)
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Byzantine families
Greek-language surnames
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