Franga (Stephanis) Schilizzi

Notes:

She arrived in Constantinople on 5 Jun 1840 with her son Paul. Her brother Zannis paid 5,000 grossia each to St John's Church, Galata, and to St Victor, Chios, for masses to be read for her by a bishop every year on 30th Jan.

She was forced at knife-point to watch her husband being decapitated but escaped with her mother and son after after handing over the family's gold.

Family/Spouse: Petros Paul (Paul) Rodocanachi. Petros (son of Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi and Ioanna (George) Ralli) was born on 04 Dec 1791 in Chios, Greece; died on 23 Apr 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of typhoid fever at 6 pm. His uncle Zannis Schilizzi gave 5,000 grosia to St John, Galata, for masses to be said every year on the anniversary of his birth and death. 1,000 grosia were given to St Victor's cathedral, Chios for an annual mass.

A marginal note in the diary of Zannis Schilizzi says that the family decided that the financial difficulties of St John's church in 1870 made it impossible for a bishop to celebrate the requiem mass.