Francis Dvornik

Francis Dvornik (Chomýž, 14 August 1893 – Chomýž, 4 November 1975), in Czech František Dvorník, was a Catholic priest and academic. He is considered one of the leading twentieth-century experts on Slavic and Byzantine history, and on relations between the churches of Rome and Constantinople.
Career.
Dvornik taught at Charles University in Prague, the Collège de France, and Harvard University.
He contributed to research that helped rehabilitate, from a Catholic standpoint, the Byzantine patriarch and writer, Photius. He was re-established as significant to the life of the church..
In 1956 Harvard University Press published a "festschrift", a collection of "Essays Dedicated to F. Dvornik on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday" (Harvard Slavic studies no. 2).
Bibliography.
Books.
In Italian : "Gli Slavi nella storia e nella civiltà europea", 2v., Bari,edizioni Dedalo, 1968.