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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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St. canonical 2
Sant’ 1

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Predicate Object
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.
St. John → componentName → St. ⓘ