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21 Jul 1821

Monsieur FCH Pouqueville, French Consul General at the court of Ali Pasha at Janina, referring to the execution of leading citizens by Küçük Mehmet in July 1821

 

 

Monsieur FCH Pouqueville, French Consul General at the court of Ali Pasha at Janina, referring to the execution of leading citizens by Küçük Mehmet in July 1821:

The remains of the prelates and other leading citizens executed in Nicosia in July 1821 were collected and interred within the precincts of the Phaneromene church.When the church was restored and enlarged in 1872-3, they were removed to their present resting place under the floor of the Sacrarium, just in front of a wall tablet in the south apse. The names thereon recorded are Cyprianos Archbishop, Chrysanthos, Bishop of Paphos, Meletios of Kition, Laurentios of Kyrenia, Archdeacon G. Masouras, P. Oeconomides, M. Glykys, P. Pierakis, I. Antonopoulos, K. Boskos, N. Zographos, S. Solomides, S. Symeopoulos, Christodoulos Kourtellares, Joseph, abbot of Kykkos.