Back Варлаам Калабрийски Bulgarian Barlaam de Seminara Catalan Barlaam von Kalabrien German Βαρλαάμ Καλαβρός Greek Barlaam de Seminara Spanish Barlaam Calabrialainen Finnish Barlaam le Calabrais French Barlaam dari Seminara ID Barlaam di Seminara Italian Barlaam Calaber Latin
Barlaam of Seminara | |
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 Barlaam crosses a river, from the workshop of Diebold Lauber (1469) | |
| Born | 1290 |
| Died | June 1, 1348 Gerace, Kingdom of Naples |
| Education | University of Constantinople |
| Theological work | |
| Tradition or movement | Barlaamism |
| Main interests | Philology |
| Notable ideas | Rejection of Hesychasm |
Barlaam of Seminara (Bernardo Massari, as a layman),[1][2] c. 1290–1348, or Barlaam of Calabria (Greek: Βαρλαὰμ Καλαβρός) was a Basilian monk, theologian and humanistic scholar born in southern Italy. He was a scholar and clergyman of the 14th century, as well as a humanist, philologist and theologian.
When Gregorios Palamas defended Hesychasm (the Eastern Orthodox Church's mystical teaching on prayer), Barlaam accused him of heresy. Three Eastern Orthodox synods ruled against him and in Palamas's favor (two Councils of Sophia in June and August 1341, and a Council of Blachernae in 1351).
- ^ John B. Trumper, "La Calabria nella sua dimensione spazio temporale" (Calabria in its space-time dimension) (in Italian) Archived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Christopher Kleinhenz et al., Medieval Italy. An encyclopedia, I., Routledge, 1993, p. 97: "Barlaam the Calabrian (Bernardo Massari, c. 1290-1348 or c. 1350)."