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APOSTOLIUS, MICHAEL (d. c. 1480) , a Greek theologian and rhetorician of the 15th century. When, in 1453, the Turks conquered Constantinople , his native city, he fled to Italy, and there obtained the protection
great
Theodorus
Crete , where he earned a scanty living by teaching and by copying manuscripts. Many of his copies are still to be found in the libraries of Europe. One of them, the Icones of Philostratus at Bologna, bears the inscription: " The king of the poor of this world has written this book for his living." Apostolius died about 1480, leaving two sons, Aristobulus Apostolius and Arsenius. The latter became bishop
Of his numerous works a few have been printed: Hapoestac (Basel, 1538), now exceedingly rare; a collection of proverbs in Greek, of which a fuller edition appeared at Leiden, " Curante Heinsio," in 1619; " Oratio Panegyrica ad Fredericum III." in Freher's Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum, vol. ii. (Frankfort, 1624); Georgii Gemisthi Plethonis et Mich. Apostolii Orationes funebres duce in quibus de Immortalitate Animae exponitur (Leipzig
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