Palaeologus

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

is the name of an illustrious Byzantine family, which first appears in history about the 11th century, and is in many of its representatives intimately connected with the ecclesiastical history of the Middle Ages. The family attained to imperial dignity in the person of Michael Palceologus (q.v.). (See Eastern Church).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The name of a Byzantine family, several members of which attained imperial dignity, the last of the dynasty dying in 1453; they came into prominence in the 11th century.