Sakellarios
A sakellarios (Greek: σακελλάριος) or sacellarius is the title of an official entrusted with administrative and financial duties (cf. sakellē or sakellion, "purse, treasury") in a government or institution. The title was used in the Byzantine Empire with varying functions and the title remains in use in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Civil administration
The first known sakellarios was a certain Paul, a
Despite the origin of the term, the sakellarioi of the early Byzantine period (fifth–seventh centuries) are not directly associated with financial matters. Rather they appear connected with the imperial bedchamber (koiton), bearing court titles such as
It is only in the early eighth century that sakellarioi are directly mentioned as treasurers.
From the late eleventh century, the prefix megas ("grand") was added to it.[1]
The post continues in evidence until at least 1196, although for a time, it may have been subsumed into that of the
Ecclesiastical administration
Imitating the practice of the imperial court, the
References
Sources
- Bury, John B. (1911), The Imperial Administrative System of the Ninth Century. With a Revised Text of the Kletorologion of Philotheos, Oxford University Publishing
- ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
