Hypertimos

Hypertimos (Greek: ὑπέρτιμος, "most honorable one") is an ecclesiastical title in the Eastern Orthodox Churches following the Greek liturgical tradition, used to designate metropolitan bishops.

The title originated in the 11th-century Byzantine Empire, where the philosopher Michael Psellos held this title at the end of his illustrious career;[1] and in the chrysobull to the Venetians of 1082, the title was also conferred on the Patriarch of Grado.[2]

References

Michael Jeffreys; Marc D. Lauxtermann, eds. (2017). The Letters of Psellos: Cultural Networks and Historical Realities. Oxford University Press. p. 426. ISBN 9780198787228.
Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton-Epstein (1985). Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. University of California Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780520051294.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[1] Michael Jeffreys; Marc D. Lauxtermann, eds. (2017). The Letters of Psellos: Cultural Networks and Historical Realities. Oxford University Press. p. 426. ISBN 9780198787228.

[2] Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton-Epstein (1985). Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. University of California Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780520051294.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)