Dionysius the Philosopher was a Greek

Greeks

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 monk

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 who led two farmer revolts against the Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Turks

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Dionysius was born in c. 1560 AD in Paramythia

Paramythia

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, Thesprotia

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. He was of Greek descent, from Macedonia

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 (specifically Avdella, Grevena

Grevena Prefecture

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) with Epirotian

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 parentage. At a very young age, Dionysius became a kaloyeros at Dichouni.

At age 15, he went to Padua

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 where he studied medicine

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, philosophy

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, philology

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, logic

Logic

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, astronomy

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, and poetry

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. In 1582, he lived in Constantinople

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 and in 1592 he was elected bishop

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 of Larissa

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 and Trikki

Trikala

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Dionysius led two farmer revolts against the Turks.