Joseph Bryennios ( el, Ἰωσήφ Βρυέννιος; 1350 – 1431/38)) was a learned

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monk of the 15th century. He was a monk at the

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. He wrote many important works of scholarship in support of

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, and against the Union of Churches. He died sometime between 1431 and 1438.

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Bibliography

* N. V. Tomadakis, «Ἁγιορειτικοὶ κώδικες τῶν ἔργων Ἰωσὴφ Βρυεννίου» Επ.Επ.Ετ.Βυζ.Σπ. Vol.32(1963), pp. 26–39. * Konstantinos Dyovouniotis, «Τὸ δήθεν διπλωματικὸν απόρρητον του Ἰωσὴφ Βρυεννίου», Πρακτικὰ τῆς Ἀκαδημίας Ἀθηνῶν, Vol.4 (1923), pp. 117–184. * N. V. Tomadakis, Ο Ιωσήφ Βρυέννιος και η Κρήτη κατά το 1400. Μελέτη φιλολογική και ιστορική. Athens 1947 * Nikolaos Ioannidis, Ἰωσὴφ Βρυεννίου περὶ μνημοσύνου τοῦ Πάπα, Athens 1984 * E Peruzzi, «Ὁ τόπος τῆς ἐν Κρήτῃ διαμονής Ἰωσὴφ του Βρυεννίου»,

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, Vol.2 (1948), pp. 366–370 * N. V. Tomadakis, «Ἰωσὴφ Βρυέννιος», Σύλλαβος βυζαντινῶν μελετῶν καὶ κειμένων. Athens 1961, pp. 491–611 1430s deaths Eastern Orthodox theologians Studite monks 15th-century Byzantine monks Byzantine theologians 15th-century Byzantine writers 15th-century Eastern Orthodox theologians

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