Fotos Bomporis
Fotos Bomporis or Fotios Bomporis (Greek: Φώτος Μπόμπορης or Φώτιος Μπόμπορης; died 28 February 1826),[1] from Kranea was a Greek politician and chieftain of the Greek Revolution of 1821, deputy of the Souliotes in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.[1]
Fotos Bomporis | |
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 The grave of Bomporis at Missolonghi | |
| Native name | Φώτος Μπόμπορης |
| Birth name | Fotios Bomporis Φώτιος Μπόμπορης |
| Died | 28 February 1826 Missolonghi, Sanjak of Karli-Eli, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Allegiance |  First Hellenic Republic |
| Service |  Hellenic Army |
| Battles / wars | |
| Other work | Member of the First National Assembly at Epidaurus |
He was one of the most notable chieftains of Souli in the early 19th century and leader of a rebel force under Markos Botsaris during the Revolution.[2] He was present in Missolonghi on 4 November 1821 during the formation of the Senate of Western Continental Greece, as a "commissioner of Captains from Souli".[3] He acted as deputy of the Souliotes in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus, by Markos Botsaris' suggestion, and he then became part of the Legislature.[4] He was killed outside of Missolonghi, on 28 February 1826, while attacking a Turkish rampant.[1] His dead body was taken from the Ottomans by men of his group, who transferred it to Missolonghi and buried it, the next day, in an individual grave with general honours.[5][6] The mention on the cross on his grave that he Fell in the Exodus is not accurate, as he had already been killed before the Exodus of Missolonghi.[1]
Further reading
[edit]- Odysseas Betsos, "Fotos Bomporis. A fighter of '21 from Kranea. His action and his heroic death in Mesologgi", Epirotan Confederation - Interdisciplinary Cultural Yearbook of Preveza and the whole of Epirus, vol. 1, Kranea, Preveza 2005, p. 111–118, Epirotan Confederation Publications.
- Signatures of Fighters of the Greek Revolution, Album of the Historical and Ethnological Company of Greece, Athens 1998, signature Νο. 1550.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Odysseas Betsos, "Fotos Bomporis. A fighter of '21 from Kranea. His action and his heroic death in Mesologgi", Epirotan Confederation 1, Kranea, Preveza 2005, p. 111–118.
- ^ Georgios I. Kourtis, The parliamentary course of Preveza, Athens 2005, p. 12.
- ^ "Τα κατά την αναγέννησιν της Ελλάδος" "Ήτοι, συλλογή των περί την αναγεννώμενην Ελλάδα συνταχθέντων πολιτευμάτων, νόμων και άλλων επισήμων πράξεων από του 1821 μέχρι του 1832", Andreas Z. Mamoukas, Volume I, p. 23, Peiraeus, Τυπογραφία Ηλίου Χριστοφίδου, Η αγαθή τύχη, 1839
- ^ Giorgos I. Moustakis, "Από την κοινοβουλευτική ιστορία του τόπου μας", Τα Πρεβεζάνικα, publication of the Municipal Library of Preveza, Preveza, 2002, p. 405.
- ^ Emmanouil G. Protopsaltis (edit.) Correspondence of the Guard of Mesologgi, Athens 1963, publication of the National Print house.
- ^ Artemios Michos, Memoirs, edit. Emm. G. Protopsaltis, Athens 1956, p. 44-45, Tsoukala Publications.
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