John Argyropulos

Johannes Argyropulos ( Middle Greek Ιωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος , Italian Giovanni Argiropulo ; * around 1415 in Constantinople ; † June 26, 1487 in Rome ) was a Byzantine humanist .

Life

Between 1437 and 1439 Argyropulos came to Italy with Bessarion in the Byzantine-imperial retinue and took part in the Council of Ferrara / Florence . In the years 1441–1444 he studied philosophy at the University of Padua and received his doctorate there. He then taught between 1448 and 1453 in Constantinople at the Katholikon Museion. After the siege of Constantinople (1453) by the Turks, he traveled through Italy for some time. In 1454 he attended the school of Georgios Gemistos Plethons in Mistra . Two years later, Thomas Palaiologos sent him to Italy, France and England to draw attention to the fate of the Greeks captured by the Turks. Between 1457–71 and 1477–81 he taught philosophy at the studio in Florence at the side of Marsilio Ficino . In the years 1471–77 and 1481–87 he was appointed by Pope Sixtus IV. Teacher at the Greek Academy in Rome founded by Andreas Johannes Laskaris .

His students included Angelo Poliziano , Lorenzo il Magnifico , Bartolomeo Platina and Johannes Reuchlin . He also translated writings, including a. of Aristotle , and wrote a book about the exit of the Holy Spirit, which marks him as a follower of the church union.

Illustrations in manuscripts

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  Johannes Argyropulos teaches medicine in the monastery in Petra near Constantinople (1448)

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  The preface by Johannes Argyropulos to his Latin translation of the physics of Aristotle in the Florence manuscript, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana , Plut. 84.1, fol. 2r (15th century)

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  The foreword by Johannes Argyropulos to his Latin translation of Aristotle's Peri hermeneias in the dedication copy for Piero di Cosimo de 'Medici . Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 71.7, fol. 2r (15th century)

literature

• Emilio Bigi:  Argiropulo, Giovanni. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 4:  Arconati-Bacaredda. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1962.
• Alice-Mary Talbot: Argyropoulos, John . In: Alexander Kazhdan (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Volume 1, pp. 164f. Oxford / New York 1991.

Web links

• Works by and about Johannes Argyropulos  in the German Digital Library
• William Turner:  John Argyropulos . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913. (Incorrect data)