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Erasmus of Arcadia (Greek: Έρασμος της Αρκαδίας) also known as Gerasimos Avlonites (Greek: Γεράσιμος Αυλωνίτης) was a Greek Orthodox bishop of the Diocese of Arcadia in Crete operating under the Patriarch of Smyrna. He [Erasmus] had abundant unexceptionable credentials as to his episcopal character. — John Wesley Erasmus’ monastery located south of Rethymon in central Crete was a centre of resistance to foreign domination by the Turkish régime.