Matthaios Blastares
Matthaios Blastares ( Middle Greek Ματθαῖος Βλάσταρης ) was a late Byzantine ecclesiastical author.
The canonist and theologian, who was last documented in 1346, completed his main work, the Syntagma kata stoicheion, in Thessalonike in 1334/35 , where he lived as Hieromonachos ( priest monk ) in the Kyr Isaak monastery (later Peribleptos monastery) . In addition, he wrote the following (mostly unedited) works: a longer treatise on the errors of the Latins ("Κατὰ Λατίνων"), a treatise against the Jews divided into five chapters (the authorship is not certain), writings against Barlaam of Calabria and the Antipalamites , hymnographic works and a letter to Guy de Lusignan (= King Constantine IV of Lesser Armenia).
Edition
- Στιχηρὰ and Μακαρισμοί in: PB Paschos: Ἅπαντα τὰ ὑμνογραφικὰ τοῦ Ματθαίου Βλάσταρη. Athens 1980.
- Letter to Guy de Lusignan: Arsenij: Pismo Matthija Vlastarja. Moscow 1891.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Blastares, Matthaios. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 616-617.
- Hans-Georg Beck : Church and theological literature in the Byzantine Empire. Munich 1959 (Ndr. 1977), pp. 786-787 u. ö. (809).
- PB Paschos: Ὁ Ματθαῖος Βλάσταρης καὶ τὸ ὑμνογραφικὸν ἔργον του. Thessaloniki 1978.
- Erich Trapp with the collaboration of Rainer Walther and Hans-Veit Beyer: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit. 2. Fascicle. Vienna 1977, p. 80, No. 2808.
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SURNAME | Matthaios Blastares |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Matthew Blastares; Ματθαῖος Βλάσταρης (Greek); Matthew Blastares (English) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | late Byzantine ecclesiastical author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |