THEODORE METOCHITES. — Byzantine writer, d. 1332. He was the son of the Greek archdeacon George, who, together with John Bekkos, embraced union with Rome; however, Theodore did not follow them in this path, but rather became an opponent of the union like his emperor, Andronicus II, of whom he became in 1314 great logothete.
After the fall of Andronicus II, he followed his master into exile at Didymoteichon (in Epirus), from where he was later able to return to Constantinople and retire to the monastery of Chora, which he had restored during his days of wealth. He left writings of a philosophical and religious nature, sermons, and poetry.
BIBL.: PG 144, 936-54; Konst. N. Sathas, Μεγάλων 43, 13, 14, 15; V. Venezia 1872, pp. 19-135; E. Amann, Theodore le Métochite, in DThC, VI, cols. 233-35.