page_title: Veria
section_title: Notable locals
hierarchical_section_title: Veria / Notable locals
caption_attribution_description: Български: Портрет на Йоанис Котуниос от неговата първа книга English: Ioannis Kottounios (1572-1657), (Greek: Ιωάννης Κοττούνιος) Giovanni Cottunio, Greek Macedonian scholar. He was born in Veria in 1572. Professor and Lecturer at the University of Padua. Inscription: IOANNES COTTVNIUS EQVES S. GEORG. ET IN PAT. VNIVER. PHILOSOPHVS PRIMVS"
context_page_description: Veria, officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located 511 kilometres north-northwest of the capital Athens and 73 km west-southwest of Thessaloniki.
  Even by the standards of Greece, Veria is an old city; first mentioned in the writings of Thucydides in 432 BC, there is evidence that it was populated as early as 1000 BC. Veria was an important possession for Philip II of Macedon and later for the Romans. Apostle Paul famously preached in the city, and its inhabitants were among the first Christians in the Empire. Later, under the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, Veria was a center of Greek culture and learning. Today Veria is a commercial center of Central Macedonia, the capital of the regional unit of Imathia and the seat of a Church of Greece Metropolitan bishop in the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as well as a Latin Catholic titular see.
  The extensive archaeological site of Vergina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing the tomb of Philip II of Macedon, lies 12 km south-east of the city center of Veria.
context_section_description: Sopater, kinsman of Saint Paul
  Demetrius Vikelas, Greek writer; the first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  Konstantinos Raktivan, liberal politician, lawyer, Greek Council of State's first president, member of the Academy of Athens, speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
  Ioannes Kottounios, Renaissance humanist and philosopher
  Kallinikos Manios, scholar
  Konstantinos Kallokratos, teacher and poet
  Patriarch Metrophanes of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
  Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch (Constantinople)
  Sonia Theodoridou, Greek soprano
  Efthymios Varlamis, Greek architect, sculptor and painter
  Sedat Alp, Turkish archaeologist
  Michalis Chrysochoidis, Greek politician
  Mimis Papaioannou, Greek football player
  Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek professional basketball player
  Yiannis Arabatzis, footballer
  Pantelis Kafes, footballer
  Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, former football player
  Pavlos Kontogiannidis, actor, singer
  Dimitris Mavropoulos, actor and theatrical director
  Toli Hagigogu, pro-Romanian activist of the Macedonian struggle, publicist against the Hellenization of Aromanians (Vlachs) in Macedonia
  George Murnu, Romanian university professor, archaeologist, historian, translator, and poet
  Elie Carafoli, Romanian engineer and aircraft designer
  Ion Caranica, Romanian, activist of Iron Guard death squads
  Sterie Ciumetti, Romanian, activist of Iron Guard
  Kyriakos Amiridis, Greek diplomat
  Konstadinos Stefanopoulos, Olympic race walker
  Sofia Ifantidou, Olympic record holder in heptathlon javelin throw
caption: Ioannes Kottounios, Renaissance humanist and professor of Philosophy at various Italian universities, was born in Veria in 1577.[22]
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