The Kamateros family (Greek: Καματηρός, pl. Kamateroi Greek: Καματηροί; Latinized respectively Camaterus, Camateri), was a Byzantine family of functionaries from Constantinople that became prominent in the 10th–12th centuries. Several family members were scholars and literary patrons. The feminine form of the name is Kamatera (Greek: Καματηρά).
The first attested member of the family is the spatharokandidatos Petronas Kamateros, who in c. 839 supervised the construction of the Sarkel fortress for the Khazars and later became governor of Cherson. Several members of the family are attested in the 10th and 11th centuries as fiscal or judicial officials, and Gregory Kamateros became protasekretis and later logothetes ton sekreton to Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).[1]
The family reached its peak in the 12th century, under Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180) and the Angelos emperors. John Kamateros enjoyed the favour of Manuel I and was logothetes tou dromou in the late 1150s. The sebastos Andronikos Kamateros became eparch of Constantinople and droungarios of the Vigla, and was also a theologian of note. His son Basil was logothetes tou dromou under Isaac II Angelos (r. 1185–1195, 1203–1204), while his daughter Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera married emperor Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203).[1]
The family also produced two ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, Basil II (1183–1186) and John X (1198–1206). At the same time, John V Kamateros was archbishop of Bulgaria after 1186.[1] Another John Kamateros, possibly identical with John V, was the author of two astrological works.[1]
emperors. John Kamateros enjoyed the favour of Manuel I and was logothetes tou dromou in the late 1150s. The sebastos Andronikos Kamateros became eparch...
opposed to the house of Kamateros. To reinforce his position, Fourikis notes that (as previously noted) the place name Kamatero is not attested in any...
Sacred Arsenal. Born probably around 1110, Andronikos Kamateros was the son of Gregory Kamateros, a man of humble origin but well educated, who held several...
The Battle of Kamatero was an armed conflict during the Greek revolution between the Greek forces under the command of the Greek ex officer of the French...
John Kamateros (Greek: Ἰωάννης Καματηρός), Latinized John Camaterus, can refer to: John Kamateros (logothetes tou dromou), senior official under Emperor...
Basil Doukas Kamateros (Greek: Βασίλειος Δούκας Καματηρός) was a Byzantine aristocrat and senior official. Basil was the son of the official and theologian...
Petronas Kamateros (Greek: Πετρωνᾶς Καματηρός, fl. 830s) was a Byzantine official under Emperor Theophilos (r. 829–842). Petronas is the first attested...
kappa-rho, ⟨κρ⟩. A diagram in the astronomical compendium by Johannes Kamateros (12th century) closely resembles the 11th-century forms shown above, with...
John X Kamateros (Greek: Ἰωάννης Καματηρός; died April or May 1206) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 5 August 1198 to April/May 1206. John was...
the Moon, a headdress with a crescent attached. A diagram in Johannes Kamateros' 12th-century Compendium of Astrology shows the Sun represented by the...
Constantinople could legalize an emperor. Theodore approached Patriarch John Kamateros, who lived in exile in Thrace, offering to move him to Nicaea, but the...
(interpreter) Theophylact, and the akolouthos of the Varangian Guard Basil Kamateros were sent to Jerusalem to seek a new wife, and the two princesses Maria...
ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR GOLD). This is the form, for example, in Johannes Kamateros' 12th century Compendium of Astrology. The modern astronomical symbol...
the Moon, a headdress with a crescent attached. A diagram in Johannes Kamateros' 12th century Compendium of Astrology shows the Sun represented by the...
Basil II Kamateros (Greek: Βασίλειος Καματηρός; died after 1186) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from August 1183 to February 1186. Basil was a member...
Petroupoli, Agioi Anargyroi, Ano Liosia, Aspropyrgos, Eleusina, Acharnes and Kamatero). The Athens city coastline, extending from the major commercial port of...
described as a second Noah, rescuing men from the Latin flood. John X Kamateros, the Patriarch of Constantinople, did not consider him a legitimate successor...
a fortified capital, and Theophilus sent his chief engineer Petronas Kamateros. In recompense for these services, the Khazar khagan ceded Chersonesos...
local government reform it is part of the municipality Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Agioi Anargyroi is located...
(d. 1144) bore him a daughter, Irene Komnene, who married one Doukas Kamateros and gave birth to Isaac Komnenos, making him a minor member of the royal...
Frederick in Niš. An agreement was reached with the Byzantine envoy, John Kamateros, but it required Godfrey of Würzburg, Frederick of Swabia and Leopold...
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