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Theoktistos Vriennion (Greek: Θεόκτιστος), (d. November 20, 855), was a Logothetes, a powerful Byzantine official, responsible for the diplomatic relations of the Empire and a promoter of major educational programs within the Empire. He had proved time and again to be a very competent and very faithful servant to the Empire. He served Michael II, Theophilos' father, and Theophilus, who had appointed him to the regency council for his son Michael III and Empress Theodora. After the death of Theophilus (820-842), a regency was set up consisting of Theoktistos, Empress Theodora, and the Empress' brothers, Bardas and Petronas.

Theoktistos Vriennion also was the uncle of Cyril and Methodius. In 843 he invited Cyril and Methodius in Constantinople to help with their studies and arrange the placement of Methodius as a commander of a Slavic administrative region.

On 849 the war campaigns of the Empire were unsuccessful and Logothetis Theoktistos failed to recapture Crete from the Saracens who continued their raids into the empire and extended their conquests in Sicily, although their eastward expansion was temporarily stopped. The Slavic tribes of Moreas revolted against the empire but they were defeated by the protospatharios Theoktistos.

Theoktistos, along with Photios and Bardas, initiated a far- reaching educational program and founded the University of Magnaura. It was during this regency that Leo the Mathematician, Photios who taught Greek Philosophy, and later Constantine-Cyril taught at the university. In the words of Father Dvomik:

"The regime of Theoktistos represents the continuation of the literary and scientific movement which in Byzantium continues from the learned Patriarch John the Grammarian to Leo the Mathematician and from Theophilos to Photios and their school.40"

Recognizing Photios' administrative abilities, he named him Photios protoasecretis around 851, with the rank also of protospatharios. Some scholars believe that the appointment of Photios as protoasecretis was much earlier, probably around 843.

quarrel between the moderates, represented by Gregorios and his followers and friends, and the extremists of the Ignatian party. Gregorios appealed to Rome, and Pope Leo IV sent a letter to Ignatios reprimanding him for his decision.48 There are three contemporary sources for these events, but all are partisans of Ignatios, and thus it is rather difficult to reconstmct the case objectively.49 Nevertheless, the fact is that Ignatios lacked the temperament and diplomatic ability needed to unify the Church; on the contrary, he brought on an internal schism among the clergy.

Meanwhile Bardas and Theoktistos were fighting over who would control the government. Bardas being the uncle of Michael III was elevated to magister and appointed head of the imperial guard. On 855, Michael came of age and turned the control of the government over to his uncle Bardas, raising him to the highest rank - that of caesar. It was then that Bardas and Michael decided to eliminate Theoktistos.
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Logothete (Greek λογοθέτης, Med. Latin logotheta, Italian: logoteta, Romanian: logofăt
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Byzantine Empire or Byzantium is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.
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Michael II the Amorian (Greek: Μιχαήλ Β', Mikhaēl II), also called Traulos or Psellos (Τραυλός, Ψηλλος, Latin Psellus
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Various people have been known by the name Theophilus or Theophilos, which means "Friend of God". These include:
  • Theophilos (poet) — ancient Athenian comic poet
  • Theophilus (geographer) — ancient Greek geographer

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Theophilos or Theophilus (Greek: Θεόφιλος), (813 – 20 January 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty.
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Michael III the Drunkard (Greek: Μιχαήλ Γ΄, Mikhaēl III ), (January 19, 840 – September 23/24, 867), Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867.
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Theodora (Greek Θεοδώρα) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus. Originally from Paphlagonia, Theodora was of Armenian aristocratic descent and selected by Theophilus' step-mother Euphrosyne as his bride and travelled from her homeland
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Theophilos or Theophilus (Greek: Θεόφιλος), (813 – 20 January 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty.
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Theodora (Greek Θεοδώρα) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus. Originally from Paphlagonia, Theodora was of Armenian aristocratic descent and selected by Theophilus' step-mother Euphrosyne as his bride and travelled from her homeland
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Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was the purported son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. Theodora and Theophilus were the parents of Michael III.
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Petronas the Patrician (d. November 11, 865), was a Byzantine general and the brother of Empress Theodora and Bardas, uncle to the Byzantine emperor Michael III. After the death of Theophilus, young Michael ascended to the throne with the regency of Empress Theodora and the
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Cyril and Methodius (Greek: Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος, Bulgarian:
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Cyril and Methodius (Greek: Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος, Bulgarian:
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoúpolis, or Πόλις, Polis
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Several people have been named Methodius:
  • Saint Methodius, 9th century Greek archbishop of Great Moravia, scholar, the main translator of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic and apostle to the Slavs. Since 1980 he and his brother Saint Cyril are the patron saints of Europe.

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Crete (Greek Κρήτη—classical transliteration Krētē, modern Greek transliteration Kríti; Ottoman Turkish گريد (Girit); Classical Latin Crēta, Vulgar Latin Candia
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For other uses, see Saracen (disambiguation).


Saracens was a term used in the Middle Ages for those who professed the religion of Islam.[1]

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The term Saracen comes from Greek
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Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was the purported son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. Theodora and Theophilus were the parents of Michael III.
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The University of Constantinople, sometimes known as the University of the palace hall of Magnaura in the Byzantine Empire was recognised as a University in 848<ref name="texor" />, although not considered a "degree-granting University".
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Cyrillus or Cyril is the name of several historic figures:
  • Saint Cyril of Alexandria, 4th century Coptic Pope & theologian
  • Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century Patriarch & theologian
  • Cyrillus, 5th century Greek jurist

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Bardas was the regent (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III. Bardas was the purported son of Marinos Mamikonian and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. Theodora and Theophilus were the parents of Michael III.
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Michael III the Drunkard (Greek: Μιχαήλ Γ΄, Mikhaēl III ), (January 19, 840 – September 23/24, 867), Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867.
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Caesar (plural Caesars), Latin: Cæsar (plural Cæsares), is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator.
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