A '''periodeutes''' ({{langx|el|περιοδευτής}}, plural ''periodeutai'', περιοδευταὶ), sometimes anglicized '''periodeut''', was an itinerant priest in various Eastern Christian churches.
The fifty-seventh canon of the Fourth Council of Laodicea (380) prescribed that the ''chorepiskopoi'' (country bishops) should be replaced by ''periodeutai'', that is, priests who have no fixed residence and act as organs of the city bishops.<ref>{{Catholic|wstitle=Chorepiscopi}}</ref><ref>{{ODB|first=Aristeides|last=Papadakis|title=Chorepiskopos|page=430}}</ref>
In the Maronite Church, a ''periodeutes'' (''bardūt'') is "a kind of vicar forane who acts for the bishop in the inspection of the rural clergy."<ref>{{Cite CE1913 | wstitle =Maronites | author = Jérôme Labourt}}</ref>
In Syriac, the title is ''periodiota''.<ref>A. M. Mundadan, ''History of Christianity in India'', Vol. 1 (Bangalore: TPI, 1984), p. 99.</ref>
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==Further reading== * A. Coussa, ''Epitome praelectionum de jure ecclesiastico orientali'' '''I''', Grottaferrata, 1948, 343-345 * R. Amadou, "Choréveques et Periodeutes", ''L'Orient Syrien'' '''4''' (1959) 233-41
Category:Eastern Christian ecclesiastical offices