Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Homiletics & catechetics

Giorgi of Nicomedia

GIORGIO DI NICOMEDIA

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Also known as: George of Nicomedia, Georgios of Nicomedia

GIORGI OF NICOMEDIA. - He lived in the second half of the 9th century. Being archivist of Hagia Sophia and a close friend of the patriarch Photius, he was appointed by the latter metropolitan of Nicomedia in 860. He remained faithful to Photius, even at the time of his disgrace.

G. is a rhetorician rather than a theologian. The manuscript codices have preserved 170 homilies of his, of which only 10, all referring to the Madonna, have been published, first by I. Marracci, and later in PG 100, 1336-1528.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Krumbacher, p. 166.

Maurizio Gordillo

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By Maurizio Gordillo

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 448.

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Gordillo, Maurizio. “Giorgio di Nicomedia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 448. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giorgio-di-nicomedia.

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Gordillo, Maurizio. “Giorgio di Nicomedia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 448. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giorgio-di-nicomedia.

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  author    = {Gordillo, Maurizio},
  title     = {Giorgio di Nicomedia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {448},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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