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Also Known As Basilius Bessarion • Johannes Bessarion • John Bessarion • Basil Bessarion
Born January 2, 1403
Died November 18, 1472 (aged 69) • Ravenna • Italy
Notable Works “In calumniatorem Platonis”
Subjects Of Study Greek literature • Platonism
Demetrius Cydones
Byzantine scholar and statesman
Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Maximus The Greek
Greek Orthodox monk and scholar
Ambrose Of Camaldoli
Italian translator
Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Michael Psellus
Byzantine philosopher, theologian, and statesman
Nicholas I
Byzantine patriarch of Constantinople
John XI Becchus
patriarch of Constantinople
John VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Athenagoras I
Greek patriarch
George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
John Italus
Byzantine philosopher
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
William of Ockham
English philosopher
Pope Innocent IV
Innocent IV
pope
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Yves Congar
French priest

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