Doxapatres (Greek: Δοξαπατρη̑ς, anglicized Doxapater) is Byzantine family name. The forms Δοξόπατρος, Doxopatros, Doxopatres and Doxopater are erroneous.[1]

Persons with this name include;

  • Gregory Doxapatres (11th century), commentator on the Basilika[2]
  • John Doxapatres (11th century), rhetorician and commentator[3]
  • Nicholas Doxapatres (12th century), canonist, possibly identical with Neilos[2]
  • Neilos Doxapatres (12th century), Siculo-Greek monk and writer, possibly identical with Nicholas[2]
  • Doxapatres Boutsaras (13th century)

References

  1. ↑ Ronald F. Hock and Edward N. O'Neil (eds.), The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric: Classroom Exercises (Brill, 2002), p. 74.
  2. 1 2 3 J. Morton (2017), "A Byzantine Canon Law Scholar in Norman Sicily: Revisiting Neilos Doxapatres's Order of the Patriarchal Thrones," Speculum 92(3), 724–754. doi:10.1086/692591
  3. ↑ Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Doxopatres, John". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
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