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Leo, the Deacon, approximately 950-

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Personal name headingLeo, the Deacon, approximately 950-
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Variant(s)Diaconus, Leo, approximately 950-
Diakon Lev, approximately 950-
Diakonos, Leōn, approximately 950-
Leo, Diaconus, approximately 950-
Leo, the Deacon, b. ca. 950
Leon, der Asiate, approximately 950-
Leon, der Karier, approximately 950-
Leōn, Diakonos, approximately 950-
Léon, ho Diákonos, approximately 950-
Léon, le Diacre, approximately 950-
Lev, Diakon, approximately 950-
Лев Диакон, approximately 950-
Birth date0950
Profession or occupationDeacons Historians
Found inByzantine military expansion in the tenth century, 2005: ECIP t.p. (Leo the Deacon) galley (b. ca. 950 in Kaloe in western Anatolia; ordained as a deacon in Constantinople and member of palace clergy after 976; author of a narrative completed sometime before 1000 which provides one of best sources for hist. of Byzantine warfare in second half of 10th cent.)
Cath. Encyc.: (Leo Diaconus; b. ca. 950 in Kaloe in Ionia; deacon and historian whose eyewitness account of events in Byzantium in late 10th cent. is sole primary source for later histories of the period; only one extant ms. of his history--cod. Paris 1712)
Balkanskie pokhody Svi︠a︡toslava I Slavnogo, 2018: title page (Лев Диакон Lev Diakon)
BNF Opale, Feb. 2, 2005: (Léon le Diacre; Leo Diaconus; Léon ho Diákonos)
His Istorii︠a︡, 1988: t.p. (Lev Diakon) p. 5 (Byzantine writer, 10th c.)
Krumbacher. (Leon Diakonos; Leon der Asiate ; Leon der Karier, b. ca. 950)
Megalē Ellēnikē enkykl. (Leōn ho Diakonos)
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