Theodorus Gaza
Theodorus Gaza | |
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A portrait of Theodore Gaza | |
| Born | c. 1398 Thessaloniki, Eyalet of Rumelia, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | c. 1475 San Giovanni a Piro, Campania, Kingdom of Naples |
| Occupation | Greek literature, philosophy and humanism |
| Literary movement | Italian Renaissance |
Theodorus Gaza (Greek: Θεόδωρος Γαζῆς, Theodoros Gazis; Italian: Teodoro Gaza; Latin: Theodorus Gazes), also called Theodore Gazis or by the epithet Thessalonicensis and Thessalonikeus (c. 1398 – c. 1475), was a Greek humanist and translator of Aristotle, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (the Palaeologan Renaissance).