Stylianos Vlasopoulos (Ital. ''Signore-

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'' Stelio Vlassopulo) (1748–1822) was a scion of the aristocratic Vlassopoulos dynasty of

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, which was registered in 1642 in the ''Golden Book'' of the nobility (''

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''). Stylianos was the son of Don Timotheos Vlasopoulos and Countess Miloulias

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of Corfu. Vlasopoulos studied in Corfu where he was born. He studied law in Italy and was named doctor at the

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. He was judge of the Supreme Court, member of the judicial club of Corfu, lawyer, a member of the

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and politician of the Ionian Islands in key positions in the offices of Senator, legislator, mayor of

and Governor of

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. During Vlassopoulos's tenure in Lefkada, Ali Pasha sent him an ultimatum to give him the '' armatolous'', who were persecuted by Ali. They fled to Lefkada with their families. Vlasopoulos deliberately raised various obstructions, so Ali ordered cannon and troops to Arta,

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and

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and on land across from the island in order to invade it. Vlasopoulos succeeded through his diplomatic skills to save the Greek people of Lefkada from slaughter. In his later years, he served as advisor to the government of the Ionian Islands. In Corfu, he worked as a judge and a lawyer while he devoted himself to writing. He published works in Italian using the pseudonym Biagio Colonna (who according to at least one author, Michael Pratt, was Vlassopoulos himself), including ''La Difesa della Chiesa Greca'' (''The Defense of the Greek Church''), written in 1800 and placed on the

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in 1803. For one period, he was editor of Corfiot publications ''Mercurio Litterario'' (1805–1808) and ''Gazetta Urbana'' (1802–1803).

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