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Rigas Velestinlis

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Also known as Rigas Feraios

Greek philosopher (1757-1798)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Greece
Active from
1757
Active to
1798

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
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Cited by
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Research areas

ConstitutionPoliticsPolitical scienceLawEconomy

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Key facts

Born
1757, Velestino , Ottoman Empire , (now Greece )
Died
24 June 1798 (1798-06-24) (aged 40–41), Belgrade , Sanjak of Smederevo , Ottoman Empire , (now Serbia )
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Region
Western philosophy
School
Modern Greek Enlightenment
Main interests
Popular sovereignty , civil liberties , constitutional state , freedom of religion , civic nationalism

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Works in European collections

10 objects attributed to Rigas Velestinlis, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Rigas Feraios (Greek: Ρήγας Φεραίος pronounced [ˈriɣas fɛˈrɛɔs], sometimes Rhegas Pheraeos; Aromanian: Riga Fereu) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής pronounced [vɛlɛstinˈlis], also transliterated Velestinles; 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis (Greek: Αντώνιος Ρήγας Βελεστινλής), was a Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment. A victim of the Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a pioneer of the Greek War of Independence, Rigas Feraios is today remembered as a national hero in Greece.

Early life

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