ors ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁women ▁artists ▁Category : A fr ican - American ▁sculpt ors ▁Category : S cul pt ors ▁from ▁Pennsylvania <0x0A> </s> ▁Baron ▁Konst ant inos ▁Bel li os ▁or ▁V elli os ▁( ; ▁Bl at si , ▁ 7 ▁March ▁ 1 7 7 2 ▁– ▁Vienna , ▁ 2 3 ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 8 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Greek ▁merchant ▁and ▁benef actor ▁from ▁Mac ed onia . ▁ ▁Life ▁His ▁family ▁ha iled ▁from ▁Lin ot opol is ▁( mod ern ▁Lin ot op i ▁in ▁the ▁K ast oria ▁Pref ect ure ). ▁Like ▁the ▁other ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁the ▁village , ▁they ▁abandoned ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 9 , ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁destroyed ▁by ▁Tur co - Al ban ian ▁irregular s ▁during ▁the ▁supp ression ▁of ▁the ▁Or lov ▁Revol t . ▁The ▁inhabitants ▁spread ▁across ▁Mac ed onia , ▁but ▁Bel li os ' ▁family ▁settled ▁in ▁Bl at si ▁( mod ern ▁V last i , ▁K oz ani ▁Pref ect ure ), ▁where ▁Bel li os ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁ ▁Konst ant inos ' ▁father , ▁Alexand ros , ▁left ▁Bl at si ▁for ▁Constantin ople . ▁Konst ant inos ▁and ▁his ▁older ▁brother ▁Stefan os ▁received ▁their ▁first ▁education ▁at ▁V last i , ▁but ▁later ▁left ▁for ▁Constantin ople , ▁where ▁they ▁continued ▁their ▁studies . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁Konst ant