CALECA, MANUELE. - Grammarian and theologian of Constantinople of the 14th-15th century. Opposed to Palamism, he abandoned the literary teaching to which he had devoted himself and became a Catholic under the influence, perhaps, of Demetrios Kydones, whose disciple he became. He suffered a great deal for his faith. He formed a friendship with Manuel Chrysoloras and Maximos Chrysoberges, Greek Catholics who were disciples of Kydones. He studied Latin and scholastic theology. After a journey to Venice and Milan (1401-1402) he returned to Greece and took the Dominican habit at Mytilene, where he died in 1410. He left (unpublished) grammatical writings, sermons, a large collection of letters and theological works (published only in part). His books and papers, among which were also books and papers of Demetrios Kydones, ransomed by Theodore and inherited by Andrew, both brothers of Maximos Chrysoberges, became part of the Vatican Library together with those of the latter.
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