, nephew of the preceding, and successor in the archbishopric of Thessalonica, flourished under
, nephew of the preceding,
and successor in the archbishopric of Thessalonica, flourished under the reign of Cantacuzenus, and had all his
uncle’s prejudices against the Latins. He also wrote “On
the procession of the Holy Ghost; and an exposition of the
Liturgy,
” in which he delivers the doctrine of the Greek
church concerning the mass; and which was printed in
Latin at Venice, in 1545, and at Antwerp in 1560; and
in Greek and Latin in the “Bibliotheca Patrum,
” Paris,
Bibliotheca,
” is also included his
“Life of Jesus Christ,
” translated into Latin, and separately printed at Ingolstadt, in 160*. A translation of his
work “against Usury,
” is also contained in the “Bibliotheca.
” In the sciences of mathematics and astronomy,
he is said to have surpassed all his contemporaries.