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The identification of the writings of
Michael Synkellos is complicated by the existence of three or four 9th-century writers named Michael who were identified by their office of
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that had erupted in
Jerusalem in 809 and to request financial assistance in the West for the churches in Palestine following the imposition of fines by the Islamic authorities.
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had them placed in solitary confinement in the
Praitorion in Constantinople. In 836, Michael was moved to a new cell, where he was attended by the nun
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that greatly affected the churches of
Palestine. Between 808 and 812, probably about 811, Michael was named
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His correspondence during solitary confinement with the iconodules
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The Life of Michael the Synkellos: Text, Translation and Commentary
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priest, monk and saint. He held the administrative office of
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as a monk. In 797 or 798, he was ordained a priest by the
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Two orations or homilies, one on the dead and one on the
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Christian–Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History
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1098:The Byzantine Grammarians: Their Place in History
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758:, pp. 627–628; edited by Daniel Donnet,
8:
867:, pp. 35–39. A fragmentary encomium of
230:, who repudiated iconoclasm. He was elected
226:In 843, Michael was released by the Emperor
1033:(in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.
1007:. In David Thomas; Barbara Roggema (eds.).
445:His correspondence with the Greek monks of
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1044:Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
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273:Μέθοδος περὶ τῆς τοῦ λόγου συντάξεως
1132:. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
988:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
698:, they were sent later, around 815.
433:, who refers to Michael's summary (
333:Λίβελλος περὶ τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως
930:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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1246:Melkites in the Abbasid Caliphate
1052:Ottewill-Soulsby, Samuel (2019).
1003:Kolia-Dermitzaki, Athina (2008).
694:, pp. 627–628. According to
346:poem on the restoration of icons.
99:, where he was given the rank of
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339:), a short book on orthodoxy.
164:sent Michael on a mission to
138:(809) until the accession of
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97:Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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1206:8th-century Christian monks
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232:patriarch of Constantinople
120:as his monastic disciples.
91:in or about 761. He was of
55:(c. 811–815) and the
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869:Ignatios of Constantinople
421:A polemical refutation of
321:faith by the Sabaite monk
154:monastery of the Spoudaioi
986:Ancient Greek Scholarship
53:patriarchate of Jerusalem
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984:Dickey, Eleanor (2007).
871:is certainly not by him.
380:; one on the archangels
308:Dionysius the Areopagite
238:of the patriarchate and
1271:Translators from Arabic
1266:Christian hagiographers
1261:Byzantine hymnographers
1005:"Michael the Synkellos"
118:Theodore and Theophanes
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847:, pp. 35–39, and
215:. In 834, the Emperor
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114:patriarch of Jerusalem
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1231:9th-century linguists
1201:Clergy from Jerusalem
1106:10.1515/9783110857221
1025:Lilie, Ralph-Johannes
881:Kolia-Dermitzaki 2008
853:Kolia-Dermitzaki 2008
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692:Kolia-Dermitzaki 2008
676:Ottewill-Soulsby 2019
668:Kolia-Dermitzaki 2008
640:Kolia-Dermitzaki 2008
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596:Kolia-Dermitzaki 2008
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376:; two encomia on the
367:42 martyrs of Amorion
162:Thomas I of Jerusalem
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18:Michael the Synkellos
1276:Translators to Greek
1251:Byzantine Iconoclasm
966:10.1484/j.rb.4.01280
831:, pp. 627–628;
670:, pp. 627–628;
392:; and one on Saints
87:Michael was born in
69:Byzantine iconoclasm
1039:Martindale, John R.
920:"Michael Synkellos"
790:, pp. 627–628.
710:, pp. xiv–xv;
690:, pp. xiv–xv;
654:, p. 86 n. 48.
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615:, pp. xiv–xv;
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594:, pp. xiv–xv;
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323:Theodore Abu Qurrah
293:Technike grammatike
281:Apollonius Dyscolus
250:Nikephoros Gregoras
925:Kazhdan, Alexander
895:, pp. 85–86;
827:, pp. 35–39;
786:, pp. 35–39;
674:, pp. 85–86;
516:, pp. xiv–xv.
427:Chronicon syntomon
365:An account of the
317:profession of the
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32:Μιχαήλ o σύγκελλος
1115:978-3-11-013574-9
1094:Robins, Robert H.
995:978-0-19-804266-2
954:Revue Bénédictine
899:, pp. 35–39.
762:, Brussels, 1982.
746:, pp. 35–39.
714:, pp. 85–86.
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246:hagiography
228:Michael III
205:iconodulism
110:of Mar Saba
1196:846 deaths
1185:Categories
1058:Millennium
569:Michael 51
468:spatharios
362:tattooing.
287:, and the
241:hegoumenos
221:Euphrosyne
217:Theophilos
209:Michael II
197:iconoclasm
102:anagnostes
1163:Biography
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398:Dalmatius
327:Armenians
266:synkellos
262:synkellos
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89:Jerusalem
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36:Syncellus
1256:Filioque
1126:(2001).
1096:(1993).
493:No. 5059
451:filioque
353:(hymns).
304:encomium
285:Herodian
256:Writings
248:of him.
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63:filioque
30:(Greek:
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386:Michael
382:Gabriel
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