Talk:Bessarion

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I think the name of the article should be changed: I fixed the beginning of the article, which erroneously stated that the name of Bessarion was Johannes. Now the universally accepted name is Basilius. I will provide bibliography about the name controversy as soon as possible. -- Fabiuccio 16:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I changed also the birthdate. There still is some controversy upon that, while the majority of scholars agrees upon 1403, see also the german version of the article. A minority proposes 1399-1400, and yet another scholar claims it to be 1408. -- Fabiuccio 13:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

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As the tag currently at the top of the page indicates, this article needs more references to properly be considered B class or better. Actually, it needs more content, & it's available as the bibliography at the bottom of the article shows. -- llywrch (talk) 04:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

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Requested move 28 June 2020

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The result of the move request was: page moved. (non-admin closure)  ~SS49~   {talk}  09:08, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Basilios Bessarion → Bessarion – Bessarion is not a surname. It is the name he assumed on 20 July 1423 upon becoming a monk (as explained in text) in substitution of his baptismal name which probably (but not certainly) was Basilios. See, for examples, German and Italian articles which are entitled "Bessarion". Venicescapes (talk) 11:05, 28 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Support. The ODB article does not even mention the name Basil. Srnec (talk) 01:47, 1 July 2020 (UTC)


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"Perhaps the most remarkable thing about his life"?
According to the article, "perhaps the most remarkable thing about his life was that a Neoplatonist could have played such a significant role in the Catholic Church for at least a brief time, though he was attacked for his views by more orthodox Catholic academics shortly after his death."

What does that even mean? Neoplatonism is a broad term, but there have always been heavy Neoplatonic influences in lots of Catholic thought starting in Antiquity (like in St. Augustine and St. Boethius), up into Medieval times (like in St. Bonaventure). There was some amount of Neoplatonism present in basically every Medieval Catholic theologian through Dionysius. 174.243.225.89 (talk) 23:40, 22 March 2023 (UTC)