Ioannis Andreas Kargas

Ioannis Andreas Kargas (Greek: Ιωάννης Ανδρέας Κάργας, Italian: Giovanni Andrea Carga; died on 2 October 1617) was a Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos from 1607 to 1617.[1] During the invasion of the Turks in 1617, under the leadership of the Kapudan Pasha Çelebi Ali, Kargas was captured and hanged.[2] His name has been given to the street that leads to the stairs of Ano Syros.

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2014-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2014-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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