Basilios Bessarion was born on January 2, 1403[1], in Trabzon[2]. He died on November 18, 1472[3], in Ravenna[4]. He worked as a diplomat[5], Catholic priest[6], philosopher[7], theologian[8], and humanist[9]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,534 views/month, #7,239 of 1,000,298).[10]
Field of work: politics[18], Christian Church[19], theology[20], rhetoric[21], translating activity[22], philology[23], Eastern Christianity[24], diplomacy[25], classical philology[26]
Position held: Dean of the College of Cardinals[27], Catholic archbishop[28], Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals[29], titular archbishop[30], metropolitan[31], Latin Patriarch of Constantinople[32], Cardinal-priest Ss. XII Apostoli[33], apostolic administrator[34], Cardinal Bishop of Sabina (Vescovio)[35], Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati[36], abbot[37], cardinal[38]
Notable work: In calumniatorem Platonis[39], Oratio dogmatica de Unione[40], Orationes ad principes Italiae contra Turcos[41]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[42], Eastern Orthodoxy[43]
Things named for Basilios Bessarion include Bessarion[53], an impact crater[54].
Why It Matters
Basilios Bessarion has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] He is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for him include Bessarion[53], an impact crater[54].
His notable doctoral advisees include John Argyropoulos[57], a writer[58], 1415–1487[59], of Byzantine Empire[60], specialised in modern Greek philosophy[61] and Janus Lascaris[62], a writer[63], 1445–1534[64], of Byzantine Empire[65].
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