Nikephoros Chrysoberges
Nikephoros Chrysoberges (
rhetorician and metropolitan bishop of Sardis
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He was born most likely ca. 1160, or, according to a different view, in 1142. As a protégé of Constantine Mesopotamites, he succeeded in being appointed teacher (didaskalos) at the Patriarchal School of Hagia Sophia ca. 1186. In the 1190s, he apparently fell into disgrace, but recovered his position with his appointment to the senior post of magistros ton rhetoron ("master of the rhetoricians") in 1200, a post which he held until ca. 1204, when he succeeded his uncle as metropolitan of Sardis. He died probably after 1213.[1]
In his capacity as magistros ton rhetoron, he produced official
Italian maritime republics plays an important role in Chrysoberges' rhetoric.[1]
References
- ^ a b Kazhdan 1991, p. 451.
Sources
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
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