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Demetrios Kydones | |
|---|---|
| Δημήτριος Κυδώνης | |
| Born | 1324 |
| Died | 1398 |
| Era | Byzantine philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Thomism |
Demetrios Kydones, latinized as Demetrius Cydones or Demetrius Cydonius (Greek: Δημήτριος Κυδώνης; 1324, Thessalonica – 1398, Crete), was a Byzantine Catholic theologian, translator, author and statesman. He served an unprecedented three terms as Mesazon (Imperial Prime Minister or Chancellor) of the Byzantine Empire under three successive emperors: John VI Kantakouzenos, John V Palaiologos and Manuel II Palaiologos.[1]
As Imperial Premier, Kydones' West-Politik effort during his second and third stints was to bring about a reconciliation of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, in order to cement a military alliance against the ever-encroaching Islamic conquests, a program that culminated in John V Palaiologos' reconciliation with Catholicism.
His younger brother and somewhat-collaborator in his efforts was the noted anti-Palamite theologian Prochoros Kydones.
- ^ Constantelos, Demetrios (1992). Poverty, Society, and Philanthropy in the Late Mediaeval Greek World. A.D. Caratzas. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-89241-401-7.