Papaflessas

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Grigorios Dimitriou Dikaios-Flessas (1788 – 25 May 1825), popularly known as Papaflessas was a Greek priest and government official who became one of the most influential figures during the Greek War of Independence of 1821.
The prefix papa in the name Papaflessas indicates his status as a cleric since the word means priest in Greek. He was appointed Archimandrite in 1819.