Matthaios Kigalas (Greek: Ματθαίος Κιγάλας) (Nicosia c.1586 - Venice 1654) was a Cypriot priest, scholar and writer.[1][2]
Scholarly career
editKigalas edited the first edition of Chortatzis work Erofili, an important work of the Cretan Renaissance.[3]
Personal life
editKigalas was the father of scholar and Archbishop of Cyprus, Ilarion Kigalas, as well as scholars Demetrious and Ioannis Kigalas.[1]
Publications
edit- Kιγάλας, M. (1637). Νέα Σύνοψις διαφόρων ἱστοριῶν ἀρχομένη ἀπό κτίσεως κόσμου καί λήγουσα ἓως τήν νῦν ἐχρονίαν.
- Kιγάλας, M. (1637). Τραγωδία ὀνομαζομένη Ἐρωφίλη, ποίημα τοῦ λογιωτάτου ἐν σπουδαίοις Κυροῦ Γεωργίου Χορτάζη Κρητός ... [μεταγραφή ἀπό λατινικούς χαρακτήρας εἰς ἑλληνικούς].
- Kιγάλας, M. (1639). Τοῦ Μακαριωτάτου Θεοδωρήτου ἐπισκόπου, ἑρμηνεία εἰς τό Ἆσμα τῶν Ἀσμάτων τοῦ σοφοῦ Σολομῶντος (Διόρθωση, προσθήκες).
References
edit- 1 2 Polignosi. "Κιγάλας Ματθαίος". www.polignosi.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ↑ Kyriakantonakis, Paschalis Kitromilides and Ioannis, "Matthaios Kigalas", Christian Muslim Relations Online II, Brill, retrieved 2025-06-23
- ↑ Cunningham, Mary (2006). "Maria Vassilaki (ed.), Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Pp. xxxii, 383". Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 30 (2): 227–230. doi:10.1017/S030701310000481X. ISSN 0307-0131.