Constantine Rodocanachi (1635–1687) (also known as Constantine Rhodocanaces, Constantine Rhodocanakis and Konstantinos Rhodokanakis) was an

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to Charles II of England,

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and

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. Rodocanachi was born on the island of

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on 5 December 1635 and lived much of his life in

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. Rodocanachi worked on the 1685 version of ''Lexicon manuale Græco-Latinum, & Latino-Græcum'' with

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and

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. Rodocanachi also compounded his own medicines and sold them in

and abroad. He published a pamphlet titled ''Alexicacus, Spirit of Salt of the World'' in 1664, which promoted his

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salt solution.

Personal life

Rodocanachi was the son of Dimitrios Rodocanachi (1592–1664) and Theodora. In 1667, Rodocanachi married Arietta Coressi (1653–1693), daughter of Antonio Coressi and Viera Visconti. The couple had at least three children: Constantine (1667–1689), who died in

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; Loula (1672–1710), who was born in Chios and married Frangoulis Rodocanachi (1666–1753); and Maria (1678–1688), who was born and died in

. Constantine Rodocanachi died in

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on 13 August 1687.See Christopher Long’s archival entry

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Published works

* Constantine Rhodocanaces, ''A Discourse in the Praise of Antimonie, and the Vertues thereof'', self-published, London, 1664
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* Constantine Rhodocanaces, ''Alexicacus, Spirit of Salt of the World'', R. D., London, 1664
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* Constantine Rhodocanaces, ''Carmina Græca Rythmica Gratulatoria'', A. & L. Lichfield, Oxford, 1660
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* Constantine Rhodocanaces, ''Life and writings of Constantine Rhodocanakis, a prince of the Imperial Houses of Doucas, Angelus, Comnenus, Paleologus, and honorary physician to Charles II, King of England, France and Ireland'', The Printing House of the Journal of Debates, Athens, 1872
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* Cornelis Schrevel, Joseph Hill & Constantine Rhodocanaces, ''Lexicon manuale Græco-Latinum, & Latino-Græcum: Primo concinnatum, Térque editum'', Joan. Hayes, Cambridge, 1685
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