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'''Damaskinos, the Stoudite''' (Gr. Δαμασκηνός, ὁ Στουδίτης) was a patriarchal [[exarch]] of Aitolia. He was born in Thessaloniki and was a student of the famous  [[Theophanes Eleavoulkos]] in Constantinople. Later in 1564, he became the [[Bishop]] of Liti and Rendini. He continued his career as [[Metropolitan]] of Nafpaktos and Arta and some years later as Patriarchal exarch of Aitolia. He died in † 1577.

==Life==
He is generally thought to have been born ca. 1530-1535 and [[baptism|baptised]] with the name Demetrios. He refers to himself in his own works as a "Thessalonikeus"" and is therefore assumed to have been born in Thessaloniki. The adjective "Stoudite" is given as an honourary title of the period indicating that he was a scholar. He studied in the Patriarchal Academy (Gr. Πατριαρχικὴ Ἀκαδημὶα) of Constantinople during the reign of the Patriarch Jeremia I and Dionysios II and is also known to have traveled widely including [[Mount Athos]], Meteora, Naupaktos and Arta, Russia and [[Venice]]. He was a major influential figure of the sixteenth century and also a well-known teacher.

Up to 1546, little biographical information of his life has survived. Between 1550 to 1559 it seems that his time was divided between Constantinople and the monasteries of [[Meteora]] in Thessaly of Greece. 

He is well known for his book, ''[[Thesaurismata (Damaskinos)|Thesaurismata]]'' (Gr. Θησαυρίσματα).

During 1565-1572 he traveled to Kiev as a representative of Patriarch Metrophaness III and in 1574 became the Metropolitan of Naupaktos and Arta and subsequently died in 1577.

==See also==
* Patriarch [[Jeremias II Tranos of Constantinople|Jeremias II]], student of Damaskinos the Stoudite

==Works==
1) Χρονικὸν (Khronikon)

2) Κατάλογος Χρονογραφικὸς τῶν Πατριαρχῶν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ὑπὸ Δαμασκηνοῦ (Στουδίτου) (History of the Patriarchs of Constantinople by Damαskenos (the Stoudite))

3) Thesaurus, which consists of thirty-six homilies he had pronounced (~1557-1558)



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