Philotheos Bryennios
Philotheos Bryennios | |
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Metropolitan of Nicomedia | |
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| Born | 7 April 1833 |
| Died | 18 November 1917 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Philotheos Bryennios (Greek: Φιλόθεος Βρυέννιος; 7 April 1833 – November 18, 1917) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Nicomedia, and the discoverer in 1873 of an important manuscript with copies of early Church documents.
Life
Born in the
Old Catholic conference in Bonn, during which he was appointed metropolitan of Serres in Macedonia. In 1877 he became Metropolitan of Nicomedia.[1]
In 1877, he participated in a commission dealing with plundered monasteries in Moldavia and Wallachia.
Metropolitan Bryennios died in 1917 in his native Constantinople.
Works
In 1873, he discovered a manuscript in the library of the monastery of the Holy Sepulcher (Jerusalem Patriarchate metochion) in Constantinople (present day Istanbul, Turkey), which contained a Synopsis of the books of the Old and New Testaments attributed to St.
Ignatian Epistles, and a short treatise on the genealogy of Christ. The epistles were published in 1875, and the Didache in 1883; the epistles of Clement and the Didache had notes written by Bryennios. The discovery of the Didache was significant because writers of the early 3rd, 4th and later centuries had spoken of it, but it was presumed lost.[2]
References
- ^ "Μητροπολίτης Νικομηδείας, Φιλόθεος Βρυέννιος" [Metropolitan of Nicomedia, Philotheos Byrennios] (in Greek). Ιερά Θεολογική Σχολή της Χάλκης [Holy Theological School of Halki]. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ Etheredge, Laura; et al. (2021-01-01). Philotheos Byrennios. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
External links
- A fuller profile of the Metropolitan can be found at the Orthodox Wiki Portal: Philotheos (Bryennios) of Nicomedia
- Schaff bio of Bryennios
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