The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . tschen Rechtvwissensch. (1880), I, 692 sqq.;STEM-mer-Bruck in Kirchenlex., II, 526-528. N. A. Weber. Bessarion, Johannes (or Basilius), Cardinal,b. at Trebizond, 1389, or according to others, 1395,but most probably in 1403; d. at Ravenna 18 Novem-ber, 1472. Some claim illustrious parentage for him,but as to this nothing certain is known. In 1413,while still very young, he was sent to Constantinople,where he devoted himself to study, achieving g
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . tschen Rechtvwissensch. (1880), I, 692 sqq.;STEM-mer-Bruck in Kirchenlex., II, 526-528. N. A. Weber. Bessarion, Johannes (or Basilius), Cardinal,b. at Trebizond, 1389, or according to others, 1395,but most probably in 1403; d. at Ravenna 18 Novem-ber, 1472. Some claim illustrious parentage for him,but as to this nothing certain is known. In 1413,while still very young, he was sent to Constantinople,where he devoted himself to study, achieving greatsuccess in the field of letters. In 1423 he entered theOrder of St. Basil and in the same year was sent tothe Peloponnesus to study philosophy under GemistusPletho. It is known that Pletho was a bitter op-ponerit of Aristotle, against whom he championedwith immoderate zeal the doctrines of Plato, with-out, however, distinguishing between genuine Platon-ism and neo-Platonism. The lessons of Pletho,though making Bessarion a follower of Plato, did notprevent him from perceiving the many points ofcontact between the two philosophers, and, during. Johannes, Cardinal Bessarion the revival of ancient learning, constantly defendingthe harmonizing of the two systems; he criticized theunrestrained partisanship of his master quite asmuch as that of Michael Apostolius. His learningand eloquence soon excited the admiration and re-spect of all and brought him, within a short space oftime, various ec-clesiastical digni-ties. In 1436 hewas made Bishopof Nicaea, but wasnot destined to seehis diocese, how-ever, as the em-peror, John VIIIPalaeologus, hadh i m accompanyhim to the Coun-cil of Ferrara,which they reached4 March, his dignityand touching elo-quence, as well ashis vast theolog-ical erudition,gave him suchgreat authorityamong the Greek bishops that the happy issue ofthe council—the reunion with the Latin Church—may be attributed in great part to him. Thiswas fully recog
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