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Archimandrite Pandely (Leonidas) Argenti[1]

Male 1918 - 1994  (76 years)


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  • Name Pandely (Leonidas) Argenti 
    Title Archimandrite  
    Nickname Cyrille 
    Birth 25 Oct 1918  Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Nov 1994  l’hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial La Bouiladisse, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Occupation: Greek Orthodox cleric
    • His website.
    • Education: Marseilles. Oxford. Aix-en-Provence. Athens.
    • Known by his priest's name, Cyrille. Ordained a priest in 1950 and appointed Archimandrite of Marseilles. Cyrille blessed Christopher Long (aged about five) in the gardens of 441 Avenue du Prado in ca. 1954.
    • A member of the French 'Résistance' in WWII and imprisoned in France. His uncle Pandely Leonidas Argenti had a medallion struck to acknowledge 'Cyrille's' wartime conduct in the French 'Résistance' and his refusal to talk despite torture by the Germans.
    • He was one of the seven child attendants at the 1927 wedding of George John Calvocoressi and his aunt Julia 'Queenie' Argenti.
    • Cited for his role in the Marseille Greek community. [2]
    Person ID I2627  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2019 

    Father Leonidas Pandely (Pandely) Argenti,   b. 01 Jun 1882, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1956, Anvers [Antwerp], Antwerp, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Hélène Olga (Etienne) Zarifi,   b. 30 May 1891, cours Pierre Puget 27, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Dec 1979, rue Rodocanachi 7, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jul 1914  Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Oct 1918 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Nov 1994 - l’hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - La Bouiladisse, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Archimandrite Cyrille Argenti
    Archimandrite Cyrille Argenti
    Pere Cyrille Argenti
    Pere Cyrille Argenti
    photo courtesy Anne Gaillard-Garbay

    photo courtesy website in his honor.

  • Sources 
    1. [S121] Nicolas Argenti, Remembering Absence, (Indiana University Press, April 2019, 330pp).

    2. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 215.



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