MUZALON, TEODORO. - Byzantine statesman, orator, and writer of the thirteenth century (d. 1295). He rapidly succeeded in gaining the confidence of the emperors Michele VIII Paleologo and Andronico II. His policy was always directed toward schism; nevertheless, under Michele he pretended to work for union with the Latins and even wrote a theological treatise in defence of the Filioque. He destroyed it, however, as soon as Andronico ascended the Byzantine throne (1282), whose breach with the S. Sede he promoted together with the entire episcopate.
The writings of M. preserved to date all aim at depriving the more prominent pro-Latins, such as Blemmida and Bekkos, of authority. The Τόμος Ἀγάπηνς of Dositeo (Iasi 1699, pp. 405-13) collected some interesting fragments, but under the name of Gregorio di Cipro, as did Migne (PG 142, 290-300).