Athanasios rhetorician

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Athanasios Rhetor (* around 1571, † 1663 ) was a Cypriot priest living in Paris .

He was sent to the Orient by the French cardinal and first minister, Jules Mazarin , where he was traveling between 1643 and 1653 to obtain manuscripts for the cardinal's library; in July 1647 he came to Mount Athos . Athanasios also procured manuscripts for the library of the Chancellor Pierre Séguier , the later Fonds Coislin in the Bibliothèque nationale de France .

literature

  • Dominic J. O'Meara: The philosophical Writings, Sources and Thought of Athanasius Rhetor (ca.1571-1663). In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 121, 1977, pp. 483-499 abstract ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
  • Martin de Leeuw: The Coislinianus 345 in the monastery Megisti Lavra (Athos). In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 131, 2000, p. 59, online (PDF; 90 kB).
personal data
SURNAME Rhetor, Athanasios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cypriot priest
DATE OF BIRTH around 1571
DATE OF DEATH 1663