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Calliope Tatti (Greek: Καλλιόπη Τάττη) was born in Thessaloniki Greece 1894. Great-granddaughter of Constantine Tattis who was member of the secret Greek society Filiki Eteria which in early 19th century organized the succesfull Greek revolution against the Ottoman empire. Spouse of the Cretan gendarmerie officer Evangelos Sarris. After his premature death in (1917) she got married (1922) the chairman of the BAR association of Thessaloniki George Seremetis who was one of the most prominent attorneys in the city. He later served as mayor of the same city. Calliope Tatti studied at the English school of Thessaloniki during the years of the Ottoman administration. She spoke fluently English, French,Turkish and Greek languages. Immediately after the liberation of Thessaloniki by the Greek troops in 1912 she volunteered to serve as a nurse in the hospital organized by the "Central City School" that was taking care of the wounded soldiers during the Balkan wars. From her two marriages she had three sons, the first Constantine Sarris from the first husband and the two others from the second (Dimitrios Seremetis and Michael Seremetis). The first 2 sons became lawyers and practiced law in Thessaloniki and the third one became a physician (thoracic surgeon) who was trained and practiced in U.S.A. She participated to a great number of charitable associations with considerable social service in Thessaloniki. She served as vice-president and later chairman of the “-Phoenix” charitable association (1933-1941) and the "Philoptochos Fraternity of Thessaloniki ladies" (1940-1950). She offered a great deal of her own financial resources for the relief of her fellow-citizens during the starvation period of the German occupation(1941-1944). She passed away in September of 1978. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
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