Thomas Flanginis Explained

Thomas Flanginis (Tommaso Flangini)
Birth Date:	1578
Birth Place:	Corfu, Greece
Death Date:	1648
Main Interests:	Greek literature

Thomas Flanginis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Θωμάς Φλαγγίνης, Italian: Tommaso Flangini; 1578–1648) was a wealthy Greek lawyer and merchant in Venice,^{[1] [2] [3]} who founded the Flanginian School, a Greek college where many teachers were trained.^[4] The ‘Flanginian School’ established by Thomas Flanginis remained a renowned establishment for several centuries.^[5]

His father Apostolos Thomas was originally from the island of Corfu^[6] while his mother Maria Flangini was from the island of Cyprus.^{[5] [7] [8]}

See also

• Greek community in Venice
• Greek scholars in the Renaissance

Notes and References

1. Book: Biucchi, Edwina – Pilling, Simon – Collie, Keith . Venice: an architectural guide . Batsford . 2002 . 0-7134-8781-X . Tommaso Flangini, a wealthy Greek merchant and . in 1664 . a late entrant to the Venetian Republic's patriciate) were enclosed .
2. Book: Goy, Richard John . Venice: the city and its architecture . Phaidon . 1997 . 235 . 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; .
3. Book: Runciman, Steven . 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 . 1986 . 212 . 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; .
4. Book: Runciman, Steven . 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 . 1986 . 212 . 0-521-31310-4 .
5. Book: Diamandouros, Nikiforos P. . Hellenism and the first Greek war of liberation (1821-1830): continuity and change . 1976 . Institute for Balkan Studies . 3734742 . In 1626 a Cypriot, Thomas Flanginis, took the step of establishing in Venice what remained for about two centuries the most famous higher school established by a Greek for Greeks in Western Europe. This so-called Flangeneion school ... . 67 .
6. Book: Politēs, Linos. A history of modern Greek literature. 28 November 2010. 1973. Clarendon Press. 50. 9780198157212.
7. Book: Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut für Griechisch-Römische Altertumskunde, Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin . Berliner byzantinistische Arbeiten . 1968 . Akademie-Verlag . 0067-6055 . Thomas Flangini. He was born at Venice In 1579 of Apostólos Thomas of Corfu, and María daughter of Vincent Flangini, of Cyprus. His father held an eminent position in the Greek Community of Venice, but left him orphan vегу soon.. 229.
8. Book: Goy, Richard John . Venice: the city and its architecture . 1997 . Phaidon . 9780714830056 . Greek families from Venice's overseas empire were admitted to the nobility, among them the Flangini from Cyprus. . 234 .