John Phakrases

John Phakrases (Greek: Ἱωάννης Φακρασῆς, fl. early 14th century) was a Byzantine nobleman and courtier.

Little is known about his life. His unnamed father was logothetes ton agelon, and he was possibly the grandson of a namesake 13th-century official who was a friend and correspondent of Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople.[1] Of his career, it is only known that Phakrases served as parakoimomenos under Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328).[1][2] Maximos Planoudes intended to teach him, and a manuscript names him as the author of a list of offices in verse.[1][2] Phakrases was married and had children. Their names are unknown, as is that of his wife, on whose death Manuel Gabalas composed a funeral elegy.[1]

References
  1. PLP, 29580. Φακρασῆς Ἱωάννης.
  2. Guilland 1967, p. 210.

Sources
  • Guilland, Rodolphe (1967). "Le Parakimomène". Recherches sur les institutions byzantines, Tome I (in French). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. pp. 202–215.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Walther, Rainer; Sturm-Schnabl, Katja; Kislinger, Ewald; Leontiadis, Ioannis; Kaplaneres, Sokrates (1976–1996). Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.
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