Thomas Flanginis
| Thomas Flanginis (Tommaso Flangini) | |
|---|---|
 Thomas Flanginis | |
| Born |
1578 Corfu |
| Died | 1648 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Region | Thomas Flanginis |
Main interests | Greek literature |
Thomas Flanginis (Greek: Θωμάς Φλαγγίνης, Italian: Tommaso Flangini; 1578–1648) was a wealthy Greek[1][2][3] lawyer and merchant in Venice, who founded the Flanginian School, a Greek college where many teachers were trained.[4] His family were originally from the island of Corfu.[5]
References
- ↑ Biucchi, Edwina – Pilling, Simon – Collie, Keith (2002). Venice: an architectural guide. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8781-X.
Tommaso Flangini, a wealthy Greek merchant and . in 1664 . a late entrant to the Venetian Republic's patriciate) were enclosed
- ↑ Goy, Richard John (1997). Venice: the city and its architecture. Phaidon. p. 235. ISBN 0-7148-3005-4.
Immediately adjacent again is the imposing Collegio Flangini...built from the legacy of Tommaso Flangini, a wealthy Greek merchant whose family had been enrolled in the Venetian patriciate in 1664;
- ↑ Runciman, Steven (1986). The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence. Cambridge University Press. p. 212. ISBN 0-521-31310-4.
In 1626 a rich Venetian Greek, Thomas Flanginis, presented the colony with a large sum of money to be spent on education;
- ↑ Runciman, Steven (1986). The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence. Cambridge University Press. p. 212. ISBN 0-521-31310-4.
- ↑ Politēs, Linos (1973). A history of modern Greek literature. Clarendon Press. p. 50. Retrieved 28 November 2010.