# Vestitor
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The '''{{lang|la|vestitor}}''', [Hellenized](/source/Hellenization) as '''{{Transliteration|el|vestētōr}}''' ({{langx|el|βεστήτωρ}}) was a lowly [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) palace position and rank.
As their name suggests, the {{lang|la|vestitores}} were originally officials of the imperial wardrobe ({{langx|la|vestiarium}}, adopted into Greek as {{Transliteration|el|vestiarion}}), and are first attested as such in the 6th century.{{sfn|Bury|1911|p=25}} By the 9th century, the title had also become an honorary dignity ({{lang|el|δια βραβείου άξια}}, {{Transliteration|el|dia brabeiou axia}}) intended for "bearded men" (i.e. non-[eunuch](/source/eunuch)s), marked in the ''[Klētorologion](/source/Kletorologion)'' of 899 as the third-lowest of the imperial hierarchy, coming between the {{Transliteration|el|[silentiarios](/source/silentiarios)}} and the {{Transliteration|el|[mandatōr](/source/mandator)}} (both also classes of palace officials). Its distinctive insignia was a {{lang|la|fiblatorium}}, a [cloak](/source/cloak) fastened by a [fibula](/source/fibula_(brooch)) brooch.{{sfn|Bury|1911|p=22}}
According to the ''Klētorologion'', together with the {{Transliteration|el|silentiarioi}}, the {{Transliteration|el|vestētores}} were under the command of the court official known as the {{Transliteration|el|[epi tēs katastaseōs](/source/epi_tes_katastaseos)}}. The later ''[De Ceremoniis](/source/De_Ceremoniis)'' of Emperor [Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos](/source/Constantine_VII_Porphyrogennetos) ({{reign|913|959}}) indicates that they assisted the {{Transliteration|el|[praipositos](/source/praipositos)}} in dressing the emperor, while the chronicler [Theophanes the Confessor](/source/Theophanes_the_Confessor) calls them wardens of the imperial crown.[{{harvnb|Kazhdan|1991|p=2164}}.] From [sigillographic](/source/sigillographic) evidence, in the 9th century the rank was held by senior provincial officials, i.e. {{Transliteration|el|[prōtonotarioi](/source/protonotarios)}} (heads of the civil administration) and {{Transliteration|el|[kommerkiarioi](/source/kommerkiarios)}} (customs officials) of the [themes](/source/Theme_(Byzantine_district)). The term last occurs in the 10th century.