What is "sakellarios"

A sakellarios is an official entrusted with administrative and financial duties (cf. sakellē or sakellion, "purse, treasury"). The title was used in the Byzantine Empire with varying functions, and remains in use in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Sakellarios , genitive and feminine form Sakellariou , is a Greek surname deriving from the Byzantine office of sakellarios.

The surname may refer to:

• Alekos Sakellarios (1913-1991), film director
• Alexandros Sakellariou (1887-1982), admiral and defence minister
• Georgios Sakellarios (1765-1838), physician of Ali Pasha
• Pericles A. Sakellarios (1905-1985), architect
• Rita Sakellariou (1934-1999), singer