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grand logothete
Byzantine official
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…century an official called the grand logothete headed the entire civil service. In this capacity he sometimes even represented the emperor’s religious interests. In July 1274, at the Second Council of Lyon, the grand logothete George Acropolites accepted Roman Catholic orthodoxy and papal supremacy in the name of Emperor Michael…
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