Gavriil Marinakis
Fighter in the Cretan Revolution of 1866 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gavriil Marinakis (Greek: Γαβριήλ Μαρινάκης, c. 1826 - 1866) was the hegumenos of Arkadi Monastery and a fighter of the Cretan Revolution of 1866. He was killed in November 1866 during the siege of the monastery by the Ottoman forces.
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Hegumen Gavriil Marinakis | |
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Native name | Γαβριήλ Μαρινάκης |
Born | c. 1826 Margarites, Rethymno, Crete, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 9 November 1866 Arkadi Monastery, Crete, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
Buried | Courtyard of Arkadi Monastery |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Greece |
Service/ | Cretan Revolutionaries |
Battles/wars | Cretan revolt (1866–1869) |
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