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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.

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 travellined 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.