Nicholas of Methone died between 1160 and 1166 and was a Byzantine theologian and philosopher who served as bishop of Methone from around 1150. He is remembered chiefly for his Refutation of Proclus' Elements of Theology, a systematic philosophical rebuttal of the Neoplatonist Proclus regarded by modern scholarship as his masterwork, and he also wrote treatises opposing Latin church practices amid the theological controversies of his time. He served as an advisor to the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
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Defining MomentWrote the Refutation of Proclus' Elements of Theology, a systematic rebuttal of Proclus regarded as his masterwork 1 Notable PublicationRefutation (Anaptyxis) of Proclus' Elements of Theology 1 Classification
NationalityByzantine Empire (Historical) 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Nicholas of Methone, Wikipedia
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served as the bishop of Methone from around 1150.
Works section
Nicholas's major theologico-philosophical work is the Refutation (Anaptyxis) of Proclus' Elements of Theology
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Nicholas of Methone (Greek: Νικόλαος Μεθώνης; died 1160/1166) was a Byzantine theologian and philosopher who served as the bishop of Methone from around 1150.
Nicholas wrote hagiography, hymnody, theology, biblical exegesis and panegyric.
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