Biography.guide
Home › People › Byzantinist › Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus
Portrait of Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus

Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus

1856 – 1912

Greek classical philologist

ByzantinistHistorian Philologist
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus

Lived 1856 – 1912 (aged 56). Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus was a Greek and Russian byzantinist, historian, philologist, university teacher and priest.

Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus (; 1856–1912) was an Ottoman Greek scholar of Greek Orthodox religious affiliation. He was an Ottoman and subsequently Tsarist subject.

Appointed secretary of the Greek Literary Club of Constantinople (1881), he was made responsible (1883) for creating an inventory of Greek manuscripts belonging to schools, churches and monasteries. In 1887, he was summoned to Jerusalem to collect and catalogue all manuscripts in Palestine. The Russian Imperial Orthodox Society for Palestine charged him with the task of editing unpublished texts. In 1892, he became a private lecturer (Privatdozent) in Modern Greek and Byzantine History at St. Petersburg University. He was subsequently director of the theological section of the St. Petersburg Imperial Library.

Principal publications Ιεροσολυμιτική Βιβλιοθήκη [Hierosolymitike Bibliotheke], (catalogue of the Jerusalem patriarchal libraries) vol.1, St. Petersburg, 1891 Ανάλεκτα Ιεροσολυμίτικης Σταχυολογίας [Analekta Hierosolymitikes Stachyologias] (edition of mainly unpublished Greek texts), 5 vols.,1891; anastatic impression, Brussels, 1963

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Byzantinist, historian, philologist, university teacher, priest
Employers
National Library of Russia
Also known as
Athanasios Papadopulos-Kerameus

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus?

Greek classical philologist (1856–1912)

When was Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus born?

Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus was born on 26 April 1856 in Drakia.

When did Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus die?

Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus died on 18 October 1912 in Saint Petersburg.

What was Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus's occupation?

Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus was a byzantinist, historian, philologist, university teacher and priest.

What nationality was Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus?

Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus was Greek and Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus

· Wikidata: Q4344608

· DBpedia: Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus. https://biography.guide/athanasios-papadopoulos-kerameus/

MLA: "Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/athanasios-papadopoulos-kerameus/.

Chicago: "Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/athanasios-papadopoulos-kerameus/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:27 UTC