Leo Choirosphaktes

Leo Choirosphaktes, sometimes Latinized as Choerosphactes (‹See Tfd›Greek: Λέων Χοιροσφάκτης) and also known as Leo Magistros or Leo Magister,[1] was a Byzantine official who rose to high office under Emperor Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886) and served as an envoy under Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912) to Bulgaria and the Abbasid Caliphate. Choirosphaktes was also a well-educated and prominent scholar and writer, many of whose works and correspondence survive.

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