Vitalien Laurent (born Louis Philippe Olivier Laurent; Séné, 26 May 1896 –

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, 21 November 1973) was a French priest and

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. He was editor of the journal '' Échos d'Orient'' (predecessor of the ''

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''). He published nearly 700 works in the fields of Greek hagiography, Byzantine history, Byzantine sigillography and Byzantine ecclesiastical history. Most notably, he edited Sylvester Syropoulos' account of the

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, the registers of the acts of Constantinople's Patriarchy (years 1204–1309) and a synodal tome from the age of Patriarch Matthew the 1st.

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