Photos of a range of Levantine priests of Izmir
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Mons Andrea Policarpo Timoni (14 March 1833, Smyrna – 1st August 1904, Smyrna)
Timoni a very wide history in the Levant, dragomans, doctors, etc. Mons. Timoni contributed to the discovery of Mary’s House at Ephesus. We find them in Chios since 1521, and in Constantinople since 1626. Vincenzo Timoni was the doctor of Sultan Valide in 1626 and the favorite doctor of Sultan Murat IV in 1639. - further information on this family:
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Mons Antonio Mussabini (11 June 1805, Smyrna - 4 May 1861, Smyrna)
Artist behind wall painting or mosaic of St. John Cathedral, Smyrna - he is of ‘oriental’ origin: A Syrian merchant from Damascus named Nicholas (c1760-1828) began trading with Trieste and for commercial reasons Italianised his name to Mussabini and converted from Syrian Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism. He moved to Smyrna in Turkey in the late 18th century and married a local Christian lady.
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Mons. Domenico Raffaele Francesco Marengo (20 November 1842, Istanbul - 12 June 1909, Smyrna) - origin from Syra.
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Mons Edouard Tonna (15 November 1891, Smyrna - 7 November 1963, Rome) - origin from Malta.
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Mons Giuseppe Descuffi (9 August 1884, Istanbul - 9 January 1972, Istanbul) - origin from Tinos, emigrated to Tinos between 1450 and 1520, all the above families are inter-related and should be analyzed separately.
Mons Stefano Missir, born in Smyrna 1806, and as is in the written text, was probably Catholic of Greek rite; what would be called an Eastern Catholic. Their affiliation is to the Bishop of Rome, ie the Catholic Church. He was widely travelled.
Range of non-Levantine priests of Smyrna | listing of Levantine origin priests of Smyrna