Simeon of Kiev
Simeon of Kiev (date of birth is uncertain – died 1488) was an Eastern Orthodox primate of the Metropolitan see of Kiev.
Simeon served as a bishop of Polotsk when he was elected as the metropolitan bishop by the council of bishops and later confirmed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1481.[1][2] Evidence of confirmation of Simeon according to Hrushevsky is mentioned in a palinode of Zachary Kopystensky.[2] With this confirmation also was restored so called "modus vivendi".[2]
The tenure of Simeon was challenged by the anti-Eastern Orthodox sentiments of the King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon and the 1482 plundering of Kiev by the Crimean Khan Mengli Giray,[1] an ally of the Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Symeon, Metropolitan. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hrushevsky, M. Hierarchal relations (ЄРАРХІЧНІ ВІДНОСИНИ). History of Ukraine-Rus.
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