French historian and friend Mathieu GRENET presented his PhD thesis at the European Institute of Florence in 2010. This incredible 600 pages work, entitled “La fabrique communautaire – Les Grecs à Venise, Livourne et Marseille, v.1770-v.1830“, includes several important annexes of which I was allowed to publish here Annex n.33: “Les représentants élus de la “nation” grecque-orthodoxe de Livourne, 1775-1830”.
This list features the names of the elected representatives of the Greek-Orthodox brotherhood in Livorno between its foundation in 1775, and the independence of the Greek State in 1830. The brotherhood was in charge of carrying on a variety of duties, such as the management of the Church of the Holy Trinity, poor relief, and eventual assistance to the effort of the Greek war of independence. As it is, the list shows the monopoly exerted by a small number of families (first overwhelmingly from Epirus, then from the island of Chios) over what used to be the main institution of the Greek-Orthodox community. It also provides prosopographic information about some of the most prominent members of the trading elite of late-18th and early-19th century Livorno. Information on the post-1830 period can be retrieved in the archives of the Greek-Orthodox church held at the Archivio di Stato di Livorno (series 1, “Partiti, deliberazioni e votazioni”).
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Date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
reg./f. |
Governor |
1st advisor |
2nd advisor |
3rd advisor |
17-28/10/1775 |
1/11 |
Theodoros Betzos |
Dimitrios Petrokokkinos |
Triantafillos Kassaros |
Ioannis Stamatakis |
28/12/1776 |
1/17 |
Ioannis Argiri Vretos |
Dimitrios Kontazis |
Ioannis Georgios |
Ioannis Themelis |
22/02/1778 |
1/19 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Paulos Rodokanakis |
Georgios Bachomis |
Athanasios Papa Pano |
23/05/1779 |
1/22 |
Ioannis Argiris |
Triantafillos Kassaros |
Georgios Drosos |
Athanasios Papa Pano |
07/01/1780 |
1/24 |
Dimitrios Petrokokkinos |
Athanasios Ilias |
Georgios Baikousis |
Ioannis Stamatakis |
09/01/1781 |
1/27 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Petros Ralis |
Christodoulos Raftanis |
Georgios Roksos |
18/01/1782 |
1/28 |
Theodoros Betzos |
Dimitrios Kondaxis |
Georgios Drosos |
Rizos Daskalos |
21/01/1783 |
1/30 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Eustathios Mospiniotis |
Georgios Baikousis |
Chronis Stamatakis |
18-29/01/1785 |
1/34 |
Ioannis Argiri Vretos |
Theodosios Zosimas |
Georgios Drosos |
Georgios Bachomis |
17/01/1786 |
1/36 |
Petros Ralis |
Theodoros Petrokokkinos |
Triantafillos Kassaros |
Christodoulos Zoukis |
16/01/1787 |
1/38 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Pantelis Rodokanakis |
Ioannis Stamatakis |
Konstantinos Raftanis |
15-26/01/1788 |
1/40 |
Ioannis Argiri Vretos |
Dimitrios Kontaxis |
Georgios Drosos |
Georgios Bachomis |
20-31/01/1789 |
1/42 |
Theodosios Zosimas |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Christodoulos Raftanis |
Christodoulos Zoukis |
18-29/01/1790 |
1/46 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Pantoleon Rodokanakis |
Triantafillos Kassaros |
Konstantinos Bachomis |
25-05/01/1791 |
1/48 |
Ioannis Argiri Vretos |
Loukis Ralis |
Ioannis Stamatakis |
Nikolaos Filo Bachomis |
13-24/01/1792 |
1/51 |
Dimitrios Kontaxis |
Ioannis Konstakis |
Nikolaos Sgouros |
Ioannis Paschalis |
22/01/1793 |
1/55 |
Nikolaos Zosimas |
Georgios Drosos |
Triantafillos Kassaros |
Theodoros Faras |
14-25/01/1794 |
1/57 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Thomas Spaniolakis |
Christodoulous Zoukis |
Konstantis Bachomis |
16-27/01/1795 |
1/59 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Stefanos Bretzis |
Chronis Stamatakis |
Theodoros Faras |
12-23/01/1796 |
1/63 |
Petros Rallis |
Argiris Ioannis Vretos |
Nikolaos Sgouros |
Georgios Bastekis |
17-28/01/1797 |
1/65 |
Georgios Konstakis |
Georgios Drosos |
Christodoulos Raftanis |
Dimitrios Bachomis |
09-20/01/1798 |
1/67 |
Theodoros Petrokokinos |
Ioannis Konstakis |
Ioannis Stamatakis |
Nikolaos Filo Bachomis |
26/01/1799 |
1/71 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Pantelis Rallis |
Christodoulos Raftanis |
Konstantinos Bachomis |
21/01/1800 |
1/73 |
Dimitrios Kontaxis |
Argiris Ioannis Vretos |
Dimitrios Koimitzis |
Dimitrios Baikousis |
19/01/1801 |
1/78 |
Michail Zosimas |
Thomas Spaniolakis |
Ioannis Filo Bachomis |
Georgios Bastekis, repl. by Dionisios Elliras |
11-23/01/1802 |
1/85 |
Ioannis Kostakis |
Pantelis Rallis |
Dimitrios Bachomis |
Georgios Bastekis |
10-22/01/1803 |
1/89 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Stefanos Bretzis |
Nikolaos Sgouros |
Konstantinos Paraschis |
14-26/01/1804 |
1/98 |
Michail Zosimas |
Argiri Ioannis Vretos |
Georgios Drosos |
Ioannis Sgiourzis |
21-02/01/1805 |
1/103 |
Andreas Kostakis |
Frantseskos Rodokanakis |
Dimitrios Bachomis |
Georgios Filo Bachomis |
20-01/01/1806 |
1/109 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Thomas Spaniolakis |
Georgios Bastekis |
Christodoulos Dafrou |
12-24/01/1807 |
1/119 |
Filipos Kostakis |
Christodoulos Despoti |
Konstantinos Paraskis |
Ioannis Spanos |
11-23/01/1808 |
1/125 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Panagiotis Pallis |
Konstantinos Bachomis |
Nikolaos Raftanis |
09-21/01/1809 |
1/131 |
Dimitrios Kontaxis |
Stefanos Bretzis |
Athanasios Stamatakis |
Ioannis Spanos |
08-20/01/1810 |
1/138 |
Michail Rodokanakis |
Ioannis Stamatakis |
Georgios Nikolaos Sgouros |
Georgios Pallis |
14-26/01/1811 |
1/148 |
Panagiotis Pallis |
Christodoulos Despoti |
Konst. Steriou Bachomis |
Konst. Nikolaos Bachomis |
13-25/01/1812 |
1/153 |
Filipos Kostakis |
Thomas Spaniolakis |
Emmanouil Rallis |
Ioannis Drosos |
11-23/01/1813 |
1/156 |
Dimitrios Kontaxis |
Georgios Drosos |
Dimitrios Bachomi |
Georgios Mezitzi |
10-22/01/1814 |
1/158 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Stefanos Bretzis |
Konst. Ch. Stamatakis |
Georgios Komoutzis |
Date |
reg./f. |
1 epitrope |
2 epitrope |
3 epitrope |
4 epitrope |
16-28/01/1815 |
1/161 |
Panagiotis Pallis |
Christodoulos Despoti |
Ioannis Drosos |
Konst. Argyropoulos |
08-20/01/1816 |
1/166 |
Michail Rodokanakis |
Dotor Ralis |
Michail Petrokokino |
Konstantinos Koniaros |
13-25/01/1817 |
1/173 |
Filippos Kostakis |
Mathaios Mavrogordatos |
Andreas Louriotis |
Theodoros Maximoss |
12-24/01/1818 |
2/2 |
Christodoulos Despotis |
Georgios Rodokanakis |
Ioannis Drosos |
Panagiotis Geralopoulos |
11-23/01/1819 |
2/6 |
Alexandros Patrinos |
Konst. Mavrogordatos |
Konstantinos Stamatakis |
Argiris Anast. Vretos |
10-22/01/1820 |
2/9 |
Michail Rodokanakis |
P. Ralis |
Michail Petrokokinos |
Ioannis Spanos |
08-20/01/1821 |
2/15 |
Emmanouil Rallis |
Dimitrios Alexandros |
Dimitrios Bachomis |
Panagiotis Geralopoulos |
07-19/01/1822 |
2/20 |
Zorzis Rodokanakis |
Stefanos Zygomalas |
Nikolaos Tossitzas |
Nikolaos Chatzi Paraski |
13-25/01/1823 |
2/23 |
Panagiotis Pallis |
Zannis Skilitzis |
Ioannis Spanos |
Georgios Bitounis |
12-24/01/1824 |
2/30 |
Christodoulos Despotis |
Esoch. Christodoulos Rasis |
Dimitrios Bachomis |
Leonis Argentis |
10-22/01/1825 |
2/34 |
Michail Rodokanakis |
Dimitrios Mavrogordatos |
Emmanouil Mistanes |
Nikolaos Vergotis |
09-21/01/1826 |
2/40 |
Panagiotis Pallis |
Nikolaos Tossitzas |
Konstantinos Patrinos |
Nikolaos Ch. Paraski |
08-20/01/1827 |
2/47 |
Fragkoulis Rodokanakis |
Konstantinos Tossitzas |
Emmanouil Mistanes |
Dimitrios Kokkinakis |
07-19/01/1828 |
2/55 |
Georgios Mestanis |
Manolis Rodokanakis |
Ioannis Vafiadakis |
Georgios Bitounis |
12-24/01/1829 |
2/61 |
Pantias Rodokanakis |
Pantoleon Giamaris |
Dimitrios Kokkinakis |
Nikolaos Ch. Paraski |
11-23/01/1830 |
2/65 |
Panagiotis Pallis |
Konstantinos Patrinos |
Nikolaos Stournaris |
Georgios Vintzentzou |
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Source: Archivio di Stato di Livorno, Serie I, Partiti, deliberazioni e votazioni, 1768-1817 [= 1] et 1818-1849 [= 2]