Magnaura School

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Magnaura School was a prestigious educational institution in Constantinople associated with the Byzantine imperial court and higher learning.

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Magnaura School canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf educational institution
school of higher learning
associatedWith Byzantine imperial court NERFINISHED
connectedTo University of Constantinople NERFINISHED
country Byzantine Empire
culture Byzantine culture
educated Byzantine elite
church officials
imperial administrators
employer Leo the Mathematician NERFINISHED
imperial-appointed professors
fieldOfWork higher education
law
philosophy
rhetoric
science
hasEducationSystem Byzantine educational system
hasLanguage Greek
hasPart chairs of astronomy
chairs of grammar
chairs of law
chairs of mathematics
chairs of philosophy
chairs of rhetoric
heritageStatus defunct institution
historicalPeriod Middle Byzantine period NERFINISHED
inception 9th century
locatedIn Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Constantinople NERFINISHED
namedAfter Magnaura Palace NERFINISHED
notableTeacher Arethas of Caesarea NERFINISHED
Leo the Mathematician NERFINISHED
Photios I of Constantinople NERFINISHED
partOf Great Palace of Constantinople NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
significance center of secular higher learning in Byzantium
model for later Byzantine schools
significantEvent revival of higher learning in 9th‑century Byzantium
sponsoredBy Byzantine emperors NERFINISHED
imperial court
taught Aristotelian philosophy
astronomy
classical Greek literature
geometry
logic
usedFor imperial ideological education
training church scholars
training civil servants

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Simeon I of Bulgaria educatedAt Magnaura School