John VIII Palaeologus: Quick Facts


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Also Known As John VIII Palaiologos
Born December 17, 1392 or December 18, 1392
Died October 31, 1448 • Istanbul • Turkey
Title / Office emperor (1421-1448), Byzantine Empire
House / Dynasty Palaeologus family
Notable Family Members brother Constantine XI Palaeologus
Role In Council of Ferrara-Florence

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Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
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Demetrius Cydones
Byzantine scholar and statesman
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George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
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Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
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Ambrose Of Camaldoli
Italian translator
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Nicholas I
Byzantine patriarch of Constantinople
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John XI Becchus
patriarch of Constantinople
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Bessarion
Byzantine theologian
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Athenagoras I
Greek patriarch
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1183–85, effigy on a gold solidus; in the British Museum.
Andronicus I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
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Matthew Blastares
Greek theologian and scholar
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Michael Choniates
Byzantine historian
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Theodore Balsamon
Byzantine scholar
Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
Leo XIII
pope