Proedros
Proedros (
court and ecclesiastic title
in the 10th to mid-12th centuries. The female form of the title is proedrissa (προέδρισσα).
Court dignity
The title was created in the 960s by
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959), the clothing and insignia of the proedros in the 960s were: "a rose-colored and gold-embroidered tunic, a gem-encrusted belt, and a white chlamys
[cloak] trimmed with golden bands and with two gold tablia [square patches] and decoration of ivy leaves."
Ecclesiastic office
The term proedros was often used for a bishop, who was naturally the president of the local clergy, and in some rare cases for metropolitan bishops. In the 13th century, however, it acquired a more specific meaning: it was given to bishops who at the same time held jurisdiction over a vacant episcopal see. As the proedros of the vacant episcopal see, that bishop ran its administration, but was differentiated from the regular bishop, since he was never officially installed into that episcopal see. As in the court, the term proedros was also used to denote precedence among a group of officials.[3]
See also
References
Sources
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- Spatharakis, Ioannis (1976). The Portrait in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04783-9.