Paul (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich^{[1, 2, 3]}

1842 - 1901  (59 years)

• Name	Paul (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich
  Birth	09 Jul 1842	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  Christening	05 Aug 1842	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi representing Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi - who was absent on Chios).
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1901	Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  Death	23 Aug 1901	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	DOD on tombstone. Argenti says 23 May 1901.
  Notes	Brought up and educated in Constantinople. Lived in London, Paris and Constantinople. Involved in the building of St Stephen Church in Paris. In 1870, with two of his brothers, he gave a hanging lamp to St Sophia Church, London. Involved with his brother Dimitrius in the building of St Sophia, London. Spent most of his life as a banker in Constantinople. Chief mourner at his father's funeral when his elder brothers were not available... A philanthropist who among other projects founded the Theological School of Halki where his portrait appears in the reception hall. Grand Cordon of the Order of The Saviour. With his brothers Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi and John Stefanovich Schilizzi he was a partner as foreign banker in the firm Schilizzi Brothers, 25 Austin Friars, London until it was dissolved 31 Mar 1889 (London Gazette 17 May 1889). He was a partner with his brothers D. Stef. Schilizzi and John Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul John Schilizzi, Aristides George Caridia and Pericles Z. Amiro in Schilizzi and Co., Merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1872. (London Gazette 28 Feb 1873). The 1871 British Census reports that Paul Schilizzi, 28, head, East India merchant, born Constantinople, lived with three domestic servants at Grecian Ho[use], 65 Bury Old Road, Broughton, Lanchashire. Paul Stephanovok Scolitsi gave a priest's mourning vestment to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1861. [4] A 1911 discussion in the British House of Commons referred to the Imperial Ottoman Bank group as including Theodore Mavrogordato, Ulysse Negroponte, Georges Zarifi, Georges Coronio, Eustache Eugenidi, Z. Stefanovich, Leonidas Zarifi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi [although dead for a decade] and A Vlasto. His father donated funds for the construction of the Greek church, 5-7 rue Bizet, Paris, but died before the project was finished. Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi presided over the work's completion. (Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1888.) Paul Stefanovich-Schilizzi is among the 15 bankers who signed an agreement with the Ottoman government in Nov 1879 to ensure sufficient capital, A. Du Velay, Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie : depuis le règne du sultan Mahmoud II jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1903, p. 400.
  Person ID	I2565	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Zannis Stephanovich (Stephanis) Schilizzi Stephanovich,   b. 01 Aug 1806, Chios, Greece d. 09 Mar 1886, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Eleni (Dimitri) Vouro,   b. 13 Jan 1816, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 21 Jan 1876, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1834	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey   [5]
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 09 Jul 1842 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Christening - 05 Aug 1842 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Burial - 1901 - Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Death - 23 Aug 1901 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Paul (Zannis) Schilizzi
  		25 Austin Friars, London, England photo 2009
  		25 Austin Friars, London, England detail
  		Austin Friars British Library photo
  		Looking west on Austin Friars

  
  

  Documents

  Philip L. Chryssoveloni, Chios through the Ages (Athens, 1937) Paul Zannis Schilizzi is included, page 84 (with a different birth year).

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Schilizzi family tomb, Sisli Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey The inscription reads: -Helen Stephanovik Schilizzi, (died) 21 January 1876; -Zannis Stephanovik Schilizzi, 9 March 1886; -Demetrios Stephanovik Schilizzi, 23 November 1893; -Paul Stephanovik Schilizzi, 23 August 1901; photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009, translation by George Agelastos.
  		Schilizzi church, Sisli Constantinople cemetery This church is referred to as Metamorphosis ("Our Lord Saviour´s Transformation"). The inscription says that the church was erected in 1888 at the expense of Schilizzi Stephanovik´s sons [presumably John, Paul and Dimitrios] "in eternal memory of their parents"; photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009; translation by George Agelastos.
  		Schilizzi church, Sisli Constantinople cemetery photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009.
  		Schilizzi church, Sisli Constantinople cemetery photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Χρυσοβελόνης, Φίλιππος Λ [Philip L. Chryssoveloni], Χίος και Χίοι διά μέσου των αιώνων, (digital document, originally published Athens,1937), 84. [S67] Gelina Harlaftis, Manos Haritatos, Helen Beneki, Ploto: Greek Shipowners from the Late 18th Century to the Eve of World War II, (Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive, Athens, Greece 2003 ISBN 960-201-165-3), 234. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S52] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3). [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 406.