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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hesychasm |
 | | John VI, Cantacuzenus (1341-1355), who gradually usurped the imperial power, first as rival, then as fellow-emperor, of Andronicus's son John V, Palæologus (1341-76), was always a friend of Palamas and the Hesychast monks. |
 | | It deposed the patriarch, John XIV, and excommunicated Akindynos. |
 | | Cantacuzenus then withdrew to Athos, became a monk himself, taking the name of Joasaph, and spent the rest of his life writing a history of his own times and contemplating the uncreated light. |
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