Scholarios, George (Gennadios) (ca. 1403–1472)

A. EDWARD SIECIENSKI

George Scholarios was a great admirer of Thomas Aquinas and an advocate of union with Rome at the Council of Florence (1438–9). However, following the death of his friend and teacher Mark of Ephesus in 1445, Scholarios became a staunch anti-unionist and then first patriarch of Constantinople (as Gennadios II) following the fall of the city in 1453.

SEE ALSO: Ecumenism, Orthodoxy and; Florence, Council of (1438–1439); Filioque; St. Mark of Ephesus (1392–1445)

REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS

Petit, L. and Jugie, M. (eds.) (1928–36) Oeuvres completes de Georges (Gennadios) Scholarios, 8 vols. Paris: Maison de la bonne presse. Tinnefeld, F. (2002) “George Gennadios

Scholarius,” in C. Conticello and V. Conticello (eds.) La Theologie byzantine et sa tradition, vol. 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 477–549.