About Ioannis Andreas Kargas
Lived 1560 – 1617 (aged 56). Ioannis Andreas Kargas was an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Ioannis Andreas Kargas (, ; died on 2 October 1617) 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.
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Who was Ioannis Andreas Kargas?
Greek bishop
When was Ioannis Andreas Kargas born?
Ioannis Andreas Kargas was born on 11 November 1560 in Venice.
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Ioannis Andreas Kargas died on 2 October 1617 in Ermoupolis.
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Ioannis Andreas Kargas was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Ioannis Andreas Kargas was Italian.
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