Name

Pachomios Rousanos

Original name

Παχώμιος Ρουσάνος

Main activity

Theologian

Secondary activity

Preacher, Writer, Teacher

Title

Athonite Hieromonk

Name variations

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Education place

Zakynthos, Venice

Education institution

University of Padua

Activity place

Mount Athos, Lesbos, Chios

Activity institution

Mount Athos

Activity start date

1530

Activity end date

1553

Place of birth

Pigdakia

Date of birth

1508

Place of death

Nafpaktos, Epiros

Date of death

1553

Bibliographical references

G. Podskalsky, Griechische Theologie in der Zeit der Türkenherrschaft, 1453-1821. Die Orthodoxie im Spannungsfeld der nachreformatorischen Konfessionen des Westens , Munich, 1988, pp. 98-101; Octavian-Adrian Negoiță, "Pachōmios Rousanos", in: D. Thomas & J. Chestworth (eds.), Christian-Muslim Relations Online II, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2022

Descriptive card

Rousanos an Athonite hieromonk. He was one of the most renowned Greek intellectuals of his time, a well-known polemist and rigorous theologian, who cared for the cultural and religious situation of his fellow Orthodox under the Ottoman rule.

Entry author

Octavian Negoita