 He studied in Zante and later at the Ionian Academy.He entered the "Filiki Eteria" and upon the outbreak of the Greek Revolution, he was elected representative of his province to the National Assembly.In 1825, during the civil war, his political differences with Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitrios Plapoutas forced him to leave his home, which was subsequently razed by Kolokotronis' troops.