Agathangelos Xirouchakis
Agathangelos Xirouchakis (Greek: Αγαθάγγελος Ξηρουχάκης, May 1872 – 1958) was a Greek Orthodox cleric and historian from Crete.
Born in Chania, he participated in the Cretan Revolt of 1896–97, studied theology in Jerusalem (1901–05) and the University of Padova (1906–11), gaining a doctorate from the University of Bologna in 1911. He served as a chaplain in the Greek expatriate communities of Venice, Trieste and finally Vienna (1920–36), where he also lectured Modern Greek at the University of Vienna. On 1 March 1936 he was elected as metropolitan bishop of Kydonia (Chania) and Apokoronas and returned to his native island being consecrated on 8 March 1936. During the island's occupation by Nazi Germany in World War II, he played a leading role in the administration of the island, being in contact with both the collaborationist government in Athens as well as the Greek government-in-exile in Cairo.
Aside from his religious activities, Xirouchakis was also an active scholar on Cretan history, especially its period as a Venetian colony. Among his works are:
- Ο Κρητικός Πόλεμος (1645-1669) : Συλλογή των Ελληνικών ποιημάτων Ανθίμου Διακρούση, Μαρίνου Ζάνε, συλλεγέντων και εκδιδομένων υπό του αρχιμανδρίτου Αγαθαγγέλου Ξηρουχάκη, Trieste 1908
- Η εν Κρήτη επανάστασις του 1363-1366 και το διοικητικόν σύστημα της Βενετίας απέναντι των κοινωνικών τάξεων και της εκκλησίας κατά την μακράν περίοδον της εν τη νήσω κυριαρχίας αυτής (1211-1669), Alexandria 1932
- Η Βενετοκρατούμενη Ανατολή, Κρήτη και Επτάνησος, Athens 1934
- Το εμπόριον της Βενετίας μετά της Ανατολής κατά τον Μεσαίωνα : επι τη βάσει των εμπορικών καταλόγων του Βαρθ. Παξή, 1940
Sources
- Tomadakis, Nikolaos V. (1958). "†Αγαθάγγελος Ξηρουχάκης (1872-1958). Βιογραφικόν και βιβλιογραφικόν σημείωμα". Kritika Chronika (in Greek) 11.