Andronikos Kallistos

Who was Andronikos Kallistos?

Andronikos Kallistos was a teacher of Greek literature in Bologna, Rome, Florence, Paris and London.

He was born in Thessaloniki on 1400. He lived and studied in Constantinople. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Kallistos went to Italy where he joined Basilios Bessarion. He taught in Bologna, Rome, Florence, Paris and London. He began the systematic teaching of Greek literature in France. He communicated the principles of Aristotelian thought to many of his students, whose learning won them distinction in Europe. He possessed a large collection of Greek manuscripts. He died in London on 1486.