Claim: Spyridon Valettas was a Greek scholar, a member of the Filki Eteria and was born in Chora in los island and came from a noble family.
Evidence: Spyridon Valettas (1779 - 11 June 1843) was a Greek scholar, a member of the Filiki Eteria and for a short time the first minister of education and ecclesiastics affairs in the short-lived government of Alexandros Mavrokordatos in 1841. He was born in Chora in Ios island and came from a noble family.