George Galesiotes (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Γεώργιος Γαλησιώτης, c. 1275/1280−1357) was a high-ranking
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
official of the
Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
who studied under the tutelage of
Manuel Holobolos Manuel Holobolos ( el, Μανουὴλ Ὁλόβολος; ca. 1245 – 1310/14) was a Byzantine orator and monk, who was a leading opponent of the Union of the Churches in the reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282).
Born ca. 1245, Holo ...
. Upon becoming an official of the Patriarchate, Galesiotes was in charge of the ''
sakellion
A ''sakellarios'' ( el, σακελλάριος) or ''sacellarius'' is the title of an official entrusted with administrative and financial duties (cf. ''sakellē'' or ''sakellion'', "purse, treasury") in a government or institution. The title was ...
'' of the Church from around 1330 and 1346. Along with being a Church official, Galesiotes also became an author of
speeches
This list of speeches includes those that have gained notability in English or in English translation. The earliest listings may be approximate dates.
Before the 1st century
*c.570 BC : Gautama Buddha gives his first sermon at Sarnath
*431 ...
and other works.
[.]
References
Sources
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galesiotes, George
13th-century births
1357 deaths
Byzantine officials
14th-century Byzantine people
14th-century Byzantine writers
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople