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St. Gregory Palamas was a 14th-century Byzantine theologian and Archbishop of Thessaloniki, renowned for defending Hesychasm and shaping Eastern Orthodox mystical theology.

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instanceOf Archbishop
Byzantine theologian
Christian mystic
Church Father
Eastern Orthodox saint
human
birthDate 1296
birthPlace Constantinople
linked to: Istanbul
canonizationStatus canonized saint
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
deathDate 1359
deathPlace Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
educatedAt University of Constantinople
imperial court school of Constantinople
era 14th century
feastDay November 14
Second Sunday of Great Lent
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced Eastern Orthodox spirituality
hesychast practice
modern Orthodox theology
influencedBy Athanasius of Alexandria
Gregory of Nyssa
Maximus the Confessor
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
knownFor Eastern Orthodox mystical theology
Palamite theology
defense of Hesychasm
doctrine of essence–energies distinction
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
monasticTrainingAt Mount Athos
movement Hesychasm
name Gregory Palamas
linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
notableWork 150 Chapters
Homilies
Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts
occupation bishop
monk
theologian
opponent Barlaam of Calabria
Gregory Akindynos
placeOfBurial Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
positionHeld Archbishop of Thessaloniki
Hesychast monk
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
subjectOf Palamite controversy
theologicalTradition Byzantine theology
Eastern Orthodox theology
veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church

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Gregory Palamas honorificPrefix St.
subject linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
Sant’Anna hasComponent Sant’
linked to: St.