Jacob Palaeologus
Jacob Palaeologus, also called
Giacomo da Chio ( – March 23, 1585), was a
Dominican friar who renounced his religious vows and became an
antitrinitarian theologian. A polemicist against both
Calvinism and
Papal Power, Palaeologus cultivated a wide range of high-placed contacts and correspondents in the imperial, royal, and aristocratic households in Eastern Europe and the
Ottoman Empire; while formulating and propagating a radically heterodox version of Christianity, in which
Jesus Christ was not to be invoked in worship, and where differences between
Christianity,
Islam, and
Judaism were rejected as spurious fabrications. He was continually pursued by his many enemies, repeatedly escaping through his many covert supporters.
Palaeologus played an active role in the high politics of European religion and diplomacy over a period of twenty years before he lost imperial favour; and having been extradited to the
Papal States, was executed for heresy by the
Roman Inquisition.
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