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Barlaam Calabro, approximately 1290-1348

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Personal name headingBarlaam Calabro, approximately 1290-1348
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Variant(s)Barlaam Calabro, Bp. of Gerace, 1290 (ca.)-1348
Barlaam Calabro, ca. 1290-1348
Barlaam, de Seminara, approximately 1290-1348
Barlaam, of Calabria, approximately 1290-1348
Barlaam, von Kalabrien, approximately 1290-1348
Barlaam, von Seminara, approximately 1290-1348
Varlaam, Kalabrijski, approximately 1290-1348
Varlaam, tou Kalavrou, approximately 1290-1348
Associated countryItaly Byzantine Empire
Birth date1290~
Death date1348
Place of birthSeminara (Italy)
Place of deathGerace (Italy)
Profession or occupationMonks Theologians
Found innuc88-135521: His Per l'unione delle chiesa, 1983 (hdg. on NBuU rept.: Barlaam, of Calabria, ca. 1290-1350; usage: Barlaam Calabro)
LC data base, April 17, 1989 (hdg.: Barlaam Calabro, Bp. of Gerace, 1290 (ca.)-1348; usage: Barlaam de Seminara)
Kakridis, I. Codex 88 des Klosters Dečani und seine griechischen Vorlagen, 1988: page 1 (Barlaams von Kalabrien) page 357 (Varlaama Kalabrijskog)
Logistikē, 1996: title page (Varlaam tou Kalavrou) (Barlaam von Seminara)
New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003: volume 2, page 99 (Barlaam of Calabria; Italo-Greek monk, theologian, and bishop; opponent of Hesychasm; born circa 1290 in Seminara, Calabria; died 1350 in Gerace, Calabria [other sources give 1348 as his year of death]; educated in the Byzantine monasteries of southern Italy; he was active as a teacher in Constantinople and in Thessalonica; between 1334 and 1337, he engaged in a bitter dispute with the Hesychastic monks of Mt. Athos)
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