TEODORO METOCHITA. — Byzantine writer, d. in 1332. He was the son of the Greek archdeacon Giorgio, who, together with Giovanni Bekkos, embraced union with Rome; he, however, did not follow him along this path, but rather was an opponent of the union, like his emperor Andronico II, whose grand logothete he became in 1314.
After the fall of Andronico II, he followed his master into exile at Didimotichos (in Epirus), from where, however, he was able after some time to return to Constantinople and retire to the monastery of Chora, which he had restored during the period of his wealth. He left writings of philosophical and religious content, sermons, and poems.
BIBL.: PG 144, 936-54; Konst. N. Sathas, Μεσαλονικὴ Βυζαντινόη, I. Venice 1872, pp. 19-135; E. Amann, Theodore le Mitochite, in DThC, VI, cols. 233-35.