The ''kanstresios'' () was an official of the
Orthodox
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patriarchate
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According to Christian tradition, three patriarchates—Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria—were establi ...
of
Constantinople
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during the
Byzantine Empire
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. Ranked between a ''
protonotarios
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'' and a ''referendarios'', he supervised offerings.
Those who have held the post include Manuel Dishypatos of the order of the Levites (probably to be identified with
Manuel Opsaras Dishypatos,
Metropolitan
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Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
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* Metropolitan ar ...
of
Thessaloniki
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from 1258)
[Maria Vasilakê, ''Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium'' (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005), p. 26]
online.
/ref> and Demetrios Chloros (14th century).
The title is not to be confused with the '' kastresios'', which was a court office related to the provisioning of the palace and the imperial table, usually held by eunuchs.
References
Byzantine ecclesiastical titles and offices
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