MARGUNIOS, Massimo. — An “orthodox” theologian of the 16th century. Born in Candia (Crete) in 1549, died in Venice on 10 July 1602, snatched prematurely from learning. He studied in Padua but did not obtain the degree so as not to have to make the profession of Catholic faith.
This doubt between the Roman faith and that of the schismatics then gave rise in his numerous treatises to the theories of George Scholarios, always intermediate, on the Trinity and divine Providence. However, his effort to reconcile the differing viewpoints of the Latin and Greek Fathers is noteworthy. He was accused by Gabriel Severus of being a crypto-Catholic, but the Holy Synod of Constantinople deemed him “orthodox.” Jeremias II consecrated him bishop of Citera, a see he never reached. Some works by M. have been published; many others remain unpublished in Jerusalem, Constantinople, Moscow, and Bucharest.