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376: 381: 80:" in a monastery. It is attested from the 5th century onward for the closest advisor of a bishop or archbishop, who then lived in the same residence or cell. In the 70: 104:, and became a tool for imperial control of the patriarchal succession. Thus, although its members were lower-ranking clergymen—priests and 357: 96:
succeeded to the patriarchal throne when it fell vacant. This was certainly the expectation by the 9th–10th centuries, when the
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was a position of major importance in the state, and often was regarded as the successor-designate to the reigning patriarch.
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The prestige of the title was such that from the 10th century, it began to be sought by, and awarded to, ambitious
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The Imperial Administrative System of the Ninth Century – With a Revised Text of the Kletorologion of Philotheos
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of 899 he is listed among the senior secular officials of the state. The
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quickly acquired a pre-eminent position, and it often happened that a
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took precedence over that of Constantinople, if present, and the
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was placed third of all secular offices in hierarchy, after the
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Athenagoras, Metropolitan of Paramythia and Parga (1927).
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and was accorded a role in imperial ceremonies. In the
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The term is Greek and means "one who lives in the same
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of the Patriarch of Constantinople was designated as
118:was one of the "special dignities" (ἀξίαι εἰδικαί, 216:(πρόεδρος τῶν πρωτοσυγκέλλων, "president of the 27:"Syncellus" redirects here. For other uses, see 342:Papadakis, Aristeides (1991). "Synkellos". In 8: 377:Byzantine ecclesiastical titles and offices 260: 382:Eastern Christian ecclesiastical offices 244: 71:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 309:Ἐπετηρίς Ἐταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν 57:, is an ecclesiastical office in the 7: 287: 275: 329:. London: Oxford University Press. 349:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 25: 100:was an official appointed by the 232:(μέγας πρωτοσύγκελλος, "grand 1: 131:chartoularios tou kanikleiou 162:, he came eighth after the 90:Patriarch of Constantinople 398: 29:Syncellus (disambiguation) 26: 290:, pp. 137, 146, 148. 44: 205:(πρωτοσύγκελλος, "first 168:Archbishop of Bulgaria 263:, pp. 1993–1994. 230:megas protosynkellos 197:metropolitan bishops 278:, pp. 116–117. 190:other patriarchates 344:Kazhdan, Alexander 222:Palaiologan period 214:ton protosynkellon 182:Patriarch of Rome 128:, and before the 61:churches. In the 16:(Redirected from 389: 363: 338: 316: 291: 285: 279: 273: 264: 258: 170:and the various 82:Byzantine Empire 63:Byzantine Empire 46: 21: 397: 396: 392: 391: 390: 388: 387: 386: 367: 366: 360: 341: 319: 302: 299: 294: 286: 282: 274: 267: 259: 246: 242: 166:and before the 122:), between the 32: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 395: 393: 385: 384: 379: 369: 368: 365: 364: 358: 339: 317: 298: 295: 293: 292: 280: 265: 261:Papadakis 1991 243: 241: 238: 234:protosynkellos 218:protosynkelloi 202:protosynkellos 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 394: 383: 380: 378: 375: 374: 372: 361: 359:0-19-504652-8 355: 351: 350: 345: 340: 336: 332: 328: 327: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 301: 300: 296: 289: 284: 281: 277: 272: 270: 266: 262: 257: 255: 253: 251: 249: 245: 239: 237: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 213: 208: 204: 203: 198: 193: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 174: 169: 165: 161: 160: 155: 151: 150: 145: 141: 140:Kletorologion 137: 133: 132: 127: 126: 121: 120:axiai eidikai 117: 113: 112: 111:Kletorologion 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 74: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 55: 50: 42: 38: 37: 30: 19: 347: 325: 312: 311:(in Greek). 308: 283: 233: 229: 225: 217: 210: 206: 200: 194: 185: 177: 171: 163: 157: 153: 149:basileopator 147: 143: 139: 129: 123: 119: 115: 109: 97: 93: 85: 75: 66: 59:Eastern Rite 53: 52: 35: 34: 33: 321:Bury, J. B. 371:Categories 335:1046639111 240:References 192:followed. 288:Bury 1911 276:Bury 1911 226:synkellos 207:synkellos 186:synkelloi 178:synkellos 173:patrikioi 144:synkellos 116:synkellos 98:synkellos 94:synkellos 86:synkellos 67:synkellos 54:syncellus 49:latinized 45:σύγκελλος 36:Synkellos 18:Syncellus 323:(1911). 224:on, the 212:proedros 164:rhaiktor 154:rhaiktor 152:and the 125:rhaiktor 108:—in the 346:(ed.). 315:: 3–38. 297:Sources 188:of the 180:of the 106:deacons 102:Emperor 88:of the 69:of the 356:  333:  209:") or 176:. The 159:Caesar 142:, the 136:Senate 84:, the 65:, the 41:Greek 354:ISBN 331:OCLC 78:cell 236:). 51:as 47:), 373:: 313:IV 268:^ 247:^ 43:: 362:. 337:. 39:( 31:. 20:)

Index

Syncellus
Syncellus (disambiguation)
Greek
latinized
Eastern Rite
Byzantine Empire
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
cell
Byzantine Empire
Patriarch of Constantinople
Emperor
deacons
Kletorologion
rhaiktor
chartoularios tou kanikleiou
Senate
basileopator
Caesar
Archbishop of Bulgaria
patrikioi
Patriarch of Rome
other patriarchates
metropolitan bishops
protosynkellos
proedros
Palaiologan period



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