November 21, 1522 Athens, Greece then Ottoman Empire
Died
February 19, 1589 (aged 66)
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodoxy
Feast
February 19
Patronage
Athens, Women and Charitable works
Philothei of Athens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos (Ρεβούλα Μπενιζέλου), was a Greek Orthodox religious sister, martyr and saint from Ottoman-era Greece.
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PhilotheiofAthens, (also known as Philotheia or Philothea) (Greek: Άγια Φιλοθέη η Αθηναία) (November 21, 1522 - February 19, 1589), née Revoula Benizelos...
are the tombs of two saints killed by the Ottoman Turks during the Ottoman period: Saint Philothei and Patriarch Gregory V. Saint Philothei built a convent...
Historical affiliations Kingdom ofAthens 1556 BC–1068 BC City-state ofAthens 1068 BC–322 BC Hellenic League 338 BC–322 BC Kingdom of Macedonia 322 BC–148 BC...
was also the home of the Greek aristocratic Benizelos family, the family that Saint Philothei came from. In the mid-17th century, out of the eight main administrative...
Library ofAthens. Gennadios was Greek ambassador to London, and among other works wrote an extensive study of the Benizelos family and of Saint Philothei. Miller...
Timotheos and other land owners to conflicts, such as Saint Philothei from Athens. Some Pieces of the land were claimed were owned by the Great Logothetis...
town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece, consisting mainly of hillside villas, relatively close to the Olympic Stadium in the nearby town of Marousi. Since...
the early Christian era in Athens, it was re-established as the katholikon of a monastery established by Saint Philothei in the late 16th century. St...
of the Winds, also known by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind...
died in the same year. Matthew canonized the Blessed Philothei, who was martyred in 1589 in Athens. Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate...
dictatorship after the 1967 coup d'état. After the fall of the junta in 1974, Karamanlis was recalled to Athens to assume interim premiership. This period, known...
Architecture as well. The work of "Potiropoulos + Partners" includes well known buildings such as A. Trichas Residence in Philothei, Athens, Greece, the Olympic...