Name

Maximos Margounios

Original name

Μάξιμος Μαργούνιος

Main activity

Humanist

Secondary activity

Teacher, Bishop

Title

Name variations

Manouil Margounios"

Education place

Venice

Education institution

University of Padua

Activity place

Venice

Activity institution

Greek School of Venice

Activity start date

1551

Activity end date

1584

Place of birth

Candia

Date of birth

1549

Place of death

Venice

Date of death

1602

Bibliographical references

Panagiotis Proilakis, Μάξιμος Μαργούνιος. Επίσκοπος Κυθήρων. Βίος - Δράση - Εργογραφία (Θεσσαλονίκη 2021)

Descriptive card

Maximos Margounios (1549-1602) was one of the most prominent intellectuals and theologians of his time. He was a supporter of the Orthodox ecclesiastical Union with Catholic Rome and he wrote extensively on the theological issue of the procession of the Holy Spirit. He was a teacher at the Greek School of Venice where he had as a student the notorious Patriarch of Constantinople Kyrilos Loukaris. He remarked himself also as a copyist of manuscripts.

Entry author

Octavian Negoita