Megas logothetes
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The megas logothetēs or Grand Logothete
, was an official supervising all the sekreta (the Byzantine Empire
's fiscal departments).
The post was first established by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
(r. 1081–1118) as the logothetēs tōn sekretōn , in an attempt to improve the coordination of the various departments. The fiscal departments in particular were further grouped under two other officials: the two principal treasury departments, the genikon and eidikon, were put under the megas logariastēs ("grand accountant") of the sekreta , while another megas logariastēs oversaw the "pious bureaux" , i.e. imperial estates and religious foundations. By the mid-12th century, the logothetēs tōn sekretōn had become the megas logothetēs, an office which survived until the fall of the Empire in 1453.
Today the leading offikion among the archon
s of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
still bears the title of Grand Logothete.
Logothete
Logothete was an administrative title originating in the eastern Roman Empire. In the middle and late Byzantine Empire, it rose to become a senior administrative title, equivalent to a minister or secretary of state...
, was an official supervising all the sekreta (the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
's fiscal departments).
The post was first established by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
Alexios I Komnenos
Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus , was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and although he was not the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power. The title 'Nobilissimus' was given to senior army commanders,...
(r. 1081–1118) as the logothetēs tōn sekretōn , in an attempt to improve the coordination of the various departments. The fiscal departments in particular were further grouped under two other officials: the two principal treasury departments, the genikon and eidikon, were put under the megas logariastēs ("grand accountant") of the sekreta , while another megas logariastēs oversaw the "pious bureaux" , i.e. imperial estates and religious foundations. By the mid-12th century, the logothetēs tōn sekretōn had become the megas logothetēs, an office which survived until the fall of the Empire in 1453.
Today the leading offikion among the archon
Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate are honorees of the Patriarch of Constantinople, who have been selected from among the laity due to service to those portions of the Eastern Orthodox Church under his particular guidance....
s of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , part of the wider Orthodox Church, is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches within the communion of Orthodox Christianity...
still bears the title of Grand Logothete.