Eugenius of Palermo
Eugenius of Palermo (also Eugene) (Eugenius Siculus or Eugenius Panormitanus, Eugenio da Palermo; c. 1130 – 1202) was an amiratus (admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily in the late twelfth century. He was of Greek origin, but born in Palermo, and had an educated background, for he was "most learned in Greek and Arabic, and not unskilled in Latin." By the time of his admiralcy, the educated, multilingual Greek or Arab administrator was becoming rare in Sicily.
Also recorded as Eugenios of Palermo · Eugenius Amiratus · Eugenius, Admiral of Sicily
Eugenius of Palermo
- Born
- 1200 · Palermo.
- Died
- 1202 · Palermo.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Occupation
- translator · writer · poet · dignitary · official
- Languages
- Latin · medieval Greek · Arabic
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Eugenius of Palermo (also Eugene) (Eugenius Siculus or Eugenius Panormitanus, Eugenio da Palermo; c. 1130 – 1202) was an amiratus (admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily in the late twelfth century. He was of Greek origin, but born in Palermo, and had an educated background, for he was "most learned in Greek and Arabic, and not unskilled in Latin." By the time of his admiralcy, the educated, multilingual Greek or Arab administrator was becoming rare in Sicily.
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Born at Palermo in 1200, died in Palermo in 1202.
The recorded working language is Latin, medieval Greek and Arabic. Employment is recorded with William I of Sicily, William II of Sicily and Tancred, King of Sicily.
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- 1.Albert Lejeune, L' Optique de Claude Ptolémée, dans la version latine d'après l'arabe de l'émir Eugène de Sicile., édition critique et exégétique augmentée d'une traduction française et de compléments, Louvain, Bibl. universitaire, 1956; : Brill (Leyde, New York), 1989.
- 2.Eleni Tounta, « The Italo-Greek Courtiers and their Saint: Constructing the Italo-Greek Elite's Collective Identity in the Twelfth-Century Norman Kingdom of Sicily », Mediterranean Studies, vol. 8-1, 2020, p. 88-92.
- 3.John Dillon, « Greek Language and Litterature », dans Christopher Kleinhenz (dir.), Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, New York, Routledge, 2004, p 445-446.
- 4.Evelyn Jamison, Admiral Eugenius of Sicily, His Life and Work and the Authorship of the "Epistola Ad Petrum" and the "Historia Hugonis Falcandi Siculi", London, British Academy, 1957, p.33-34.
- 5.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p.35-37.
- 6.Charles Homer Haskins, Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science, New York, 1960, p. 141-143, 171-178.
- 7.Les poèmes d’Eugenius ont été édités en italien par Marcellus Gigante : Eugenii Panormitani versus iambici.
- 8.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. xx-xxi.
- 9.Caroline Cupane, “Byzantine Poetry at the Norman Court of Sicily (1130-c.1200)”, A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Vol. 4, 2019, p. 367-368.
- 10.Hugo Falcandus, Le livre du royaume de Sicile : Intrigues et complots à la cour normande de Palerme (1154-1169), éd. Egbert Türk, 2011, p. 7-8.
- 11.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, Poems, xxi, lines 29-47, p. 67.
- 12.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 64-71.
- 13.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 79.
- 14.Annliese Nef, « Chapitre 4. État et administration dans la Sicile Normande », Conquérir et gouverner la Sicile islamique aux , Rome, Publications de l’École française de Rome, 2011, p. 248.
- 15.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 80-81.
- 16.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 95, 101-102.
- 17.John Dillon, « William III », dans Christopher Kleinhenz (dir.), Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, New York, Routledge, 2004, p. 1167-1168.
- 18.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, Frontipiece. Eugenius with Sibylla and her supporter (Petrus de Ebulo, Liber ad honorem Augusti, Bern, Codex 120, f. 136, lower drawing, reduced).
- 19.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 105, 110-111, 122, 125-127.
- 20.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, Annales Casinenses et Annales Ceccanences, p. 134-135.
- 21.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, Poems i, Τοῦ κυροῦ Εὐγενίου, ὅταν ὑπῆρχεν εἰς τὴν ϕυλακήν, p. 127.
- 22.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 140-142, 144.
- 23.E. Jamison, Admiral Eugenius…, p. 172-174.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 15
- Evelyn Jamison, Admiral Eugenius of Sicily, His Life and Work, Oxford University Press, 1957.
- Eugène de Sicile, L'optique de Claude Ptolémée : dans la version latine d'après l'arabe de l'émir Eugène de Sicile, édition critique et exégétique, traduction française et compléments d’Albert Lejeune, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1989, 371 p.
- Hugo Falcandus, Le livre du royaume de Sicile : Intrigues et complots à la cour normande de Palerme (1154-1169), éd. Egbert Türk, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, 391 p.
- John Dillon, « Eugenius of Palermo », dans Christopher Kleinhenz (dir.), Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, New York, Routledge, 2004, p. 322-323.
- John Dillon, « Greek Language and Litterature », dans Christopher Kleinhenz (dir.), Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, New York, Routledge, 2004, p. 444-449.
- John Dillon, « Peter of Eboli », dans Christopher Kleinhenz (dir.), Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, New York, Routledge, 2004, p. 880.
- John Dillon, « William III », dans Christopher Kleinhenz (dir.), Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, New York, Routledge, 2004, p. 1167-1168.
- Charles Homer Haskins, Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science, New York, F. Ungar, 1960, 411 p.
- Evelyn Jamison, Admiral Eugenius of Sicily, His Life and Work and the Authorship of the "Epistola Ad Petrum" and the "Historia Hugonis Falcandi Siculi", London, British Academy, 1957, 424 p.
- Karla Mallette, The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History; The Middle Ages Series; University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2005, 224 p.
- Hörandner Wolfram (dir.) et al., A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Vol. 4 de Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World, Leiden, Brill, 2019, 576 p.
- Naglis Kardelis, « A Scholarly Monument to Malta’s History », Literatūra, vol.52-3, 2010, p. 101-105. https://doi.org/10.15388/Litera.2010.3.7709
- José Martinez Gazquez, « The Importance of Ptolemy and the Almagest in the Work of the Translators of Arabic Science in the Middle Ages », Imago Temporis; Medium Aevum, vol. 13, 2019, p. 97-113. https://doi.org/10.21001/itma.2019.13.05
- Annliese Nef, « Chapitre 4. État et administration dans la Sicile Normande : Conquérir et gouverner la Sicile islamique aux xie et xiie siècles », Publications de l’École française de Rome, 2011, p.243-301 https://doi.org/10.4000/books.efr.5376
- Eleni Tounta, « The Italo-Greek Courtiers and their Saint: Constructing the Italo-Greek Elite's Collective Identity in the Twelfth-Century Norman Kingdom of Sicily », Mediterranean Studies, vol. 8-1, 2020, p. 88-129. https://doi.org/10.5325/mediterraneanstu.28.1.0088
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