Manuel Opsaras Dishypatos

The Freising icon of the Panagia Hagiosoritissa

Manuel Opsaras Dishypatos or Disypatos (Greek: Μανουὴλ Ὀψαρᾶς Δισύπατος) was the metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica between 1258 and 1260/61.^[1]

In 1258, he allegedly prophesied the rise to the imperial throne of Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282), but in 1260 or 1261 he was deposed from his see as a supporter of Patriarch Arsenios Autoreianos, who opposed Michael's sidelining of the legitimate emperor, John IV Laskaris (r. 1258–1261).^[1] Dishypatos was banished and remained in exile probably until his death; he was still alive in 1275/76.^[1] He may be identical to the deacon and kanstresios who donated an icon of the Panagia Hagiosoritissa held since 1440 in the Freising Cathedral. Dishypatos also composed the 14-verse dedicatory poem inscribed on the icon's silver-gilt revetment.^[2][3]

References

1. PLP, 5544. Δισύπατος, Μανουὴλ Ὀψαρᾶς.
2. PLP, 5543. Δισύπατος, Μανουὴλ; 5544. Δισύπατος, Μανουὴλ Ὀψαρᾶς.
3. ODB, "Dishypatos, Manuel" (A. Cutler), pp. 638–639.

Sources

• Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
• Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit (2001). Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit (in German). I, 1–12, Add. 1–2, CD-ROM Version. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-7001-3003-1.