Andronikos Kallistos

Greek humanist
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IntroGreek humanist
PlacesGreece
isHumanist
Work fieldPhilosophy
Gender
Male
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Biography

Andronikos Kallistos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Καλλίστος) was a teacher of Greek literature in Bologna, Rome, Florence, Paris and London.
He was born in Thessaloniki on 1400. He lived and studied in Constantinople. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Kallistos went to Italy where he joined Basilios Bessarion. He taught in Bologna (1464), Rome (1469), Florence, Paris and London (1476). He began the systematic teaching of Greek literature in France. He communicated the principles of Aristotelian thought to many of his students, whose learning won them distinction in Europe. He possessed a large collection of Greek manuscripts. He died in London in 1486.

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