MICHELE APOSTOLIOS. - Byzantine writer, b. in Costantinopoli c. 1422, d. c. 1480. He had a most unfortunate life following the fall of Costantinopoli. He wished to work in Italy under the patronage of Card. Bessarione, but he was unable even to obtain a chair in Candia, the principal centre of his activity. He undertook journeys to discover manuscripts for Bessarione, which he himself subsequently copied. He was the author of a considerable number of works, whose value is slight, if one is to judge from those published.
M.’s greatest interest lies in his correspondence, which describes the pitiable state into which men of learning fell after the loss of Costantinopoli, while they expended their energies in useless discussions about dogmas.
418: Krumbacher, pp. 121-22, and passim (v. indice); S. Salaville, s. V. in DHG, III, cols. 1030-35. Emmanuele Candal