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Constantine Meliteniota

COSTANTINO MELITENIOTA

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Also known as: Konstantinos Meliteniotes; Latin: Constantinus Meliteniota

CONSTANTINE MELITENIOTA. - He belonged to the famous M. family and held the office of archdeacon and chartophylax of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople in the second half of the 13th century.

He is counted among the supporters of the Latins for reconciliation with the Roman Church, and in 1270, with his literary master John Bekkos (v.), whose opinions and misfortunes—even into exile—he followed when the latter became patriarch of Constantinople, he was sent as ambassador to St. Louis, king of France. He composed writings on the unity of the Church.

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BIBL.: PG 141, 1032-1274; Krumbacher, p. 97 ff.

Alberto Galietti

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By Alberto Galieti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 731.

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Galieti, Alberto. “Costantino Meliteniota.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 731. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/costantino-meliteniota.

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Galieti, Alberto. “Costantino Meliteniota.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 731. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/costantino-meliteniota.

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  author    = {Galieti, Alberto},
  title     = {Costantino Meliteniota},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {731},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/costantino-meliteniota}
}

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