Notable people and benefactors
From Agia Theodora and Maximos the Greek to Moralis and Peranthis: people linked to Arta.
- Saints
- Agia Theodora, Saint Maximos the Greek
- 1821
- Skoufas, Bakolas
- Arts
- Moralis, Peranthis, Kotzioulas
- Benefactors
- Zarras brothers, Barbastathi, Priovolos
The tourist guide of the Municipality of Arta presents people linked to Arta. The list is not complete and some entries are minimal.
Saints and scholars
Agia Theodora is the patron saint of the town. Maximos the Greek (Michael Trivolis) was born in Arta around 1470. Serafeim Xenopoulos, who was born in Constantinople, was ordained bishop of Arta in 1864.
1821 and politics
Nikolaos Skoufas was one of the founders of the Filiki Eteria. Georgios “Gogos” Bakolas (1770–1826), from Skoulikaria, was a commander and armatolos of Radovizi. Napoleon Zervas was born in Arta in 1891 and was a military figure, founder of the National Republican Greek League, and a politician. The guide also mentions Karaiskakis and Makriyiannis.
Arts and letters
Michalis Peranthis (Michalis Papadopoulos), born in Arta in 1917, was a poet, prose writer and critic. Giannis Moralis was born in Arta on 23 April 1916. Giorgos Kotzioulas (1909–1956) was a poet, prose writer, playwright and critic.
Benefactors and the Jews of Arta
The brothers George and Alexander Zarras offered the city an estate of 32 stremmata. Vasilios Agrafiotis was a merchant and a major benefactor of the “Skoufas” Association. Sappho Barbastathi created the Barbastathis Awards in memory of her husband, the mathematician Christos Barbastathis. Benjamin Zeev ben Mattathias was a rabbi and an emblematic figure of Arta's Jewish community.
