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NEAPOLI (Small town) LASSITHI
One of its most renowned citizens was Petros Filargos or Pope Alexander
V. He was born an orphan and was brought up by the monks of the local monastery
and was sent to study in Iraklion at the Venetian monastery of San Francesco (where
the Archaeological Museum is located). After a successful academic career in several
European cities he was declared Pope at the Synod of Pisa in 1409. He died in
Bologna before reaching Rome and is buried in a splendid mausoleum in the church
of San Francesco, Bologna.
This extract is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below.
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