Flanginian School

Coordinates: 45°26′8.14″N 12°20′40.63″E / 45.4355944°N 12.3446194°E / 45.4355944; 12.3446194
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Flanginian School
  • Φλαγγίνειος Σχολή
  • Collegio Flanginiano
Location
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Venice

Republic of Venice
Coordinates45°26′8.14″N 12°20′40.63″E / 45.4355944°N 12.3446194°E / 45.4355944; 12.3446194
Information
TypeSecondary school
Established1664–1665;
360 years ago (1665)
FounderThomas Flanginis
Closed1905; 120 years ago (1905)
GenderBoys

Flanginian school (left) and San Giorgio dei Greci (center)

The Flanginian School (Greek: Φλαγγίνειος Σχολή; Italian: Collegio Flanginiano) was a Greek educational institution that operated in Venice, Italy, from 1664–1665 to 1905.[1][2] The Flanginian produced several teachers who contributed to the modern Greek Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries.[3]

Background

The

sestiere).[4] Moreover, it was one of the economically strongest Greek communities of that time outside the Ottoman Empire.[5]

History

In 1626 a wealthy Greek merchant who lived in Venice, Thomas Flanginis, offered to the community a large sum of money for the foundation of a new school.[6] The project for the construction of the school was entrusted to the famous Venetian architect Baldassare Longhena.[7] The Flanginian school, named after its sponsor, started to function in 1664, with students from various Greek-populated regions.[7]

The teaching staff included famous Greek scholars and representatives of the

Theophilos Korydaleus,[8] Eugenios Voulgaris,[9] Ioannis Chalkeus[10] and Ioannis Patoussas.[11]
The curriculum included advanced
Venetian Republic (1797), and finally closed in 1905.[1][7]

Literature

The school is perhaps best remembered for an anthology of prose and poetry entitled Flowers of Piety (

Cretan Renaissance.[3] Additional works composed by the staff of the Flanginian are "Greece's Homage to the Venetian Senate", and a literary encyclopedia by Ioannis Patousas composed in four volumes, which was a valuable resource for Greek schools operating in the Ottoman Empire.[7]

Location

The school was located in the Campo dei Greci, near the Greek Orthodox church of Saint George.[12] Today the building of the Flanginian School houses the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice. The building was conserved at the initiative of Sophia Antoniadis.[13]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 960-560-087-0
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  2. ISBN 978-0-19-927922-7
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  3. ^
    ISBN 9780715373118
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  4. Oxford University. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  5. ISBN 960-7894-29-4
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  6. ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0
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  7. ^ a b c d "The Flanghinis College". The Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  8. ^ Runciman, Steven (1989). Modern Greek studies yearbook. University of Minnesota. p. 329.
  9. ISBN 978-0-19-823684-9
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  10. ISBN 978-3-205-05293-7
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  11. ^ Balkan studies: biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies. Balkan studies: biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies, Vol. 13-14. 1972. p. 274.
  12. ^ a b Manousakas, M. I.; Paliouras, Ath. (1976). Guide to the Museum of Icons and the Church of St. George. The Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice. pp. 18, 21.
  13. ^ "Sophia Antoniadis". Nea Estia. 91: 269–71. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
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