Official who served as foreign minister of the Byzantine Empire
Not to be confused with Megas logariastes.
Megas logothetes
Appointer
Byzantine Emperor
Precursor
logothetes ton sekreton
First holder
Strategopoulos
Final holder
George Sphrantzes (Byzantine Empire) George Amiroutzes (Empire of Trebizond)
Abolished
1453/1461
The megas logothetes (Greek: μέγας λογοθέτης, lit. 'Grand Logothete'[a]) was an official who served as effective foreign minister of the Byzantine Empire, in the period from c. 1250 to c. 1350, after which it continued as an honorific dignity. The office evolved from the Komnenian-era logothetes ton sekreton, and was established during the Empire of Nicaea. Its holders were frequently distinguished scholars, who played a prominent role in the civil and military affairs of their time; three of its holders also served in tandem as the head of the civil administration and effective prime minister (mesazon) of the Empire. The title was also used in the Empire of Trebizond. After the fall of Constantinople, it was adopted in the Danubian Principalities as an honorific title for laymen in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
^ODB, "Logothetes" (A. Kazhdan), p. 1247.
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