John Zygomalas

Johannes Zygomalas ( Greek : Ιωάννης Ζυγομαλάς, * 1498 in Nauplion ; † 1584 in Constantinople ) was a scholar, philologist, manuscript copyist and dignitary or official of the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople .

Life

Zygomalas comes from a well-known family from Argolida , whose original name appears to be Sagomalas. She was in the service of Guy d'Enghien , feudal ruler of Argos . Zygomalas learned classical Greek with Arsenios Apostolios and later continued his education at the University of Padua , where he also studied Latin, apparently with Giovanni Foresto. After completing his studies, he returned to Nauplion, where he worked as a church speaker, but also as a teacher and notary. In 1549, at the invitation of the metropolitan Joasaph there, he moved to Adrianople without the family to teach Greek. When Jehoasaph went to Constantinople as patriarch , John went with him. The family came there around 1555. There Johannes was the major speaker at the great church and in 1576 the major clarifier of the Bible . He also copied manuscripts. The participation of Johannes and his son Theodosios Zygomalas in the exchange of theological theses and in the attempts at rapprochement between the evangelical theologians of Tübingen and the patriarch Jeremias II. Tranos does not seem to have remained decisive and in any case limited.

Fonts

• Life of Staurakios Malaxos
• Epitoms of Greek grammar
• Epigrams
• Prayer to the Blessed Mother
• Letters

literature

• E. Legrand: Notice biographique on Jean et Theodose Zygomalas. Paris 1889.
• S. Perentidis: Théodose Zygomalas et sa Paraphrase de la Synopsis minor Éditions Ant. N. Sakkoulas, Athens 1994, ISBN 9-602-32091-5 .
• S. Perentidis, G. Steiris: Ιωάννης και Θεοδόσιος Ζυγομαλάς. Πατριαρχείο - Θεσμοί - Χειρόγραφα / Ioannes et Theodosios Zygomalas. Patriarchatus - Institutiones - Codices. Daedalos, Athens 2009, ISBN 978-9-602-27390-6 .