1831, the two placed themselves at the door of the
church where Capo d'Istria was accustomed to worship. As he passed in
Constantine shot him down, and as he fell George thrust a dagger into
his heart.

AUTHORITIES.--Carl W.P. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's _Graf Johann
Kapodistrias_ (Berlin, 1864) is based on all the sources, printed and
unprinted, available at the time of publication, and contains an
excellent guide to these. This may be supplemented by the historical
sections of F. de Marten's _Recueil des traites condus par la Russie,
&c._ (1874, &c.). A sketch of Capo d'Istria's activity as president
will be found in W. Alison Phillips's _The War of Greek Independence_
(London, 1897). Many of Capo d'Istria's despatches, &c., are published
in the collections of diplomatic correspondence mentioned in the
bibliography of the article EUROPE: _History_. Under the Russian title
"Zapiska grapha Joanna Capodistrias" is published in the series of the
Imperial Russian Historical Society, vol. iii. p. 163 (St Petersburg,
1868)the _Apercu de ma carriere publique_, written by Capo d'Istria for
presentation to the emperor Alexander, and dated at Geneva 12/24
December 1826. Of unpublished materials may be mentioned the letters
of Capo d'Istria to Sir Richard Church, vol. xvi. of the Church Papers
in the British Museum (_Add. MSS._ 36453-36571). See further
bibliography to chapter vi. of vol. x. of the _Cambridge Modern
History_ (1907). (W. A. P.)

FOOTNOTES:

[1] After his election to the Greek presidency in 1827, Capo
d'Istria, whose baptismal names were Giovanni Antonio, signed himself
Joannes Capodistrias, the form by which he is very commonly known.

[2] The letter was written by Michael Stourdza and _copied_ by Louis.

CAPODISTRIA, a town and seaport of Austria, in Istria, 15 m. S.W. of
Trieste by rail. Pop. (1900) 10,711, mostly Italians. It is situated on
a small island, which occupies the end of a large bay in the Gulf of
Trieste, and which is connected with the mainland by a causeway half a
mile in length. Capodistria is an old town with small streets, and has
preserved remarkably well its Italian, almost its Venetian character.
The most noteworthy buildings are the cathedral, the town-hall and the
_Loggia_ or the old law-court, all situated in the principal square. In
addition to the extraction of salt from the sea in the extensive salt
works near the town, fis