Barlaam of Seminara
1290
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1348,1350
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Byzantine Empire
occupation: mathematician, philosopher, Catholic priest, Eastern Orthodox monk, essayist, diplomat
position held: diocesan bishop
Barlaam of Seminara (Bernardo Massari, as a layman), c. 1290–1348, or Barlaam of Calabria (Greek: Βαρλαὰμ Καλαβρός) was a Basilian monk, theologian and humanistic scholar born in southern Italy. He was a scholar and clergyman of the 14th century, as well as a humanist, philologist and theologian. When Gregorios Palamas defended Hesychasm (the Eastern Orthodox Church's mystical teaching on prayer), Barlaam accused him of heresy. Three Eastern Orthodox synods ruled against him and in Palamas's favor (two Councils of Sophia in June and August 1341, and a Council of Blachernae in 1351). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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