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Servant of God
Ioannis Andreas Kargas
1560–1617
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Life
Ioannis Andreas Kargas was a Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos from 1607 to 1617. During the invasion of the Turks in 1617, under the leadership of the Kapudan Pasha Çelebi Ali, Kargas was captured and hanged. His name has been given to the street that leads to the stairs of Ano Syros.
From Wikipedia, “Ioannis Andreas Kargas”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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1560Born in Venice
1617Died in Ermoupolis
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Born
11 November 1560
Venice
Died
2 October 1617
Ermoupolis
Order
Dominican Order
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