MUZALON, TEODORO. — Byzantine statesman, orator, and writer of the 13th century (d. 1295). He quickly won the trust of the emperors Michael VIII Palaeologus and Andronicus II. His policy was always oriented toward schism; however, he pretended to work for union with the Latins under Michael and even wrote a theological treatise in defense of the Filioque. He destroyed it, however, as soon as Andronicus ascended the Byzantine throne (1282), and, together with the entire episcopate, he favored the rupture with the Holy See.
All the writings of M. preserved to this day aim to undermine the authority of the most prominent Latin opponents, such as Blemmydas and Bekkos. The Tómos 'Aydnys of Dositheus (Iasi 1699, pp. 405-13) collected some interesting fragments under the name of Gregory of Cyprus, as did Migne (PG 142, 290-300).