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Manuel Opsaras Dishypatos

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The Freising icon of the Panagia Hagiosoritissa

Manuel Opsaras Dishypatos or Disypatos (Greek: Μανουὴλ Ὀψαρᾶς Δισύπατος) was the metropolitan of Thessalonica between 1258 and 1260/61.[1]

In 1258, he allegedly prophesied the rise to the imperial throne of Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282), but in 1260 or 1261 he was deposed from his see as a supporter of Patriarch Arsenios Autoreianos, who opposed Michael's sidelining of the legitimate emperor, John IV Laskaris (r. 1258–1261).[1] Dishypatos was banished and remained in exile probably until his death; he was still alive in 1275/76.[1] He may be identical to the deacon and kanstresios who donated an icon of the Panagia Hagiosoritissa held since 1440 in the Freising Cathedral. Dishypatos also composed the 14-verse dedicatory poem inscribed on the icon's silver-gilt revetment.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c PLP, 5544. Δισύπατος, Μανουὴλ Ὀψαρᾶς.
  2. ^ PLP, 5543. Δισύπατος, Μανουὴλ; 5544. Δισύπατος, Μανουὴλ Ὀψαρᾶς.
  3. ^ ODB, "Dishypatos, Manuel" (A. Cutler), pp. 638–639.

Sources

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  • Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
  • Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Walther, Rainer; Sturm-Schnabl, Katja; Kislinger, Ewald; Leontiadis, Ioannis; Kaplaneres, Sokrates (1976–1996). Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.