ABSTRACT
Lusignan remained the main interlocutor of the next Cypriot expatriate we will consider, Neophytos Rodinos. The expatriate patriotism connected with early modern Cypriot diaspora, which we have surveyed, mostly a diaspora of individuals and rather small groups, belongs to the open diaspora variety, this can also explain its potential difficulties in its encounters with the home society. Other forms of expatriate patriotism, connected with corporate diasporas, can slide towards extremism and even terrorism, an illustration being that of Irish patriotism in America. In contrast with the cosmopolitan Dominican, who was ready to converse with princes and courtiers and obviously never lost the tastes of a bon-viveur, for the dedicated Uniate missionary the lost paradise of the insular homeland was primarily a holy land, an island of saints, martyrs, including many women, virtuous bishops, scholars.
