Samos (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Siméon Vailhé · 1913
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Description
Samos, a titular see suffragan of Rhodes, is an Aegean island of 181 square miles with 55,000 people, nearly all Greek Orthodox. A few Catholics there answer to the Latin bishop of Chios. Since 1832 it has formed an autonomous principality under an Ottoman Greek prince recognised by England, France, and Russia. Its entry in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia moves from tyrants to bishops.
First settled by Leleges, Carians, and Ionians, the island flourished under the tyrant Polycrates from 536 to 522 before Christ. His court hosted the poet Anacreon, while Pythagoras was born there and Aesop stayed long. After Polycrates' murder Persia ruled, then Athens under Pericles seized the island about 439. The entry follows Samos through Greek, Roman, and Ottoman ages to its modern principality.
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| CREATOR | Siméon Vailhé |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |