death_date death_place birth_place allegiance birth_date nickname image article_title name
01 june 1825 maniaki , messinia poliani , messinia , ottoman empire greece old greece 1788 papaflessas papaflessas2.jpg papaflessas
 georgios flessas Γεώργιος Φλέσσας
papaflessas

papaflessas -lrb- ; 1788 -- 1825 -rrb- , born georgios dimitrios flessas -lrb- Γεώργιος Δημήτριος Φλέσσας -rrb- , was a greek patriot , priest , and government official of the old flessas family .
the prefix `` papa - '' -lrb- παπα - -rrb- in the name `` papaflessas '' indicates his status as a cleric since the word means `` priest '' in greek .
he was ordained to the highest position of the priesthood , archimandrites , in 1819 .
he served as minister of internal affairs and chief of police in the government of alexander mavrocordatos .
papaflessas was killed during the battle of maniaki on may 20 , 1825 , fighting against the forces of ibrahim pasha at maniaki , messinia .
