Theodore Metochites

Theodore Metochites
The logothetes tou genikou Theodore Metochites presenting the model of the renovated Chora Church to Christ Pantocrator.
Mesazōn of the Byzantine Empire
In office
1305–1328
MonarchAndronikos II Palaiologos
Preceded byNikephoros Choumnos
Succeeded byAlexios Apokaukos
Megas logothetes
In office
1325–1328
MonarchAndronikos II Palaiologos
Preceded byConstantine Akropolites
Logothetes tou genikou
In office
1305–1321
MonarchAndronikos II Palaiologos
Logothetes ton oikeiakon
In office
1295/96–1305
MonarchAndronikos II Palaiologos
Logothetes ton agelon
In office
1290–1295/96
MonarchAndronikos II Palaiologos
Personal details
Born1270 (1270)
Died13 March 1332(1332-03-13) (aged 61–62)
Constantinople
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Theodore Metochites (Greek: Θεόδωρος Μετοχίτης; 1270–1332) was a Byzantine Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts. From c. 1305 to 1328 he held the position of personal adviser (mesazōn) to emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos.