Vestitor

The vestitor, Hellenized as was a lowly Byzantine palace position and rank.
As their name suggests, the vestitores were originally officials of the imperial wardrobe, and are first attested as such in the 6th century. By the 9th century, the title had also become an honorary dignity intended for "bearded men", marked in the Klētorologion of 899 as the third-lowest of the imperial hierarchy, coming between the and the . Its distinctive insignia was a fiblatorium, a cloak fastened by a fibula brooch.
According to the Klētorologion, together with the, the were under the command of the court official known as the. The later De Ceremoniis of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos indicates that they assisted the in dressing the emperor, while the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor calls them wardens of the imperial crown. From sigillographic evidence, in the 9th century the rank was held by senior provincial officials, i.e. and of the themes. The term last occurs in the 10th century.