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Gedeon
1634 – 1690
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryGedeon Sviatopolk-Chetvertynsky, secular name Hryhoriy, Ukrainian: Григорій Святополк-Четвертинський; Russian: Григорий Захарович Святополк-Четвертинский, Grigory Zakharovich Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky; died 1690) was a Ruthenian prince and hierarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, who accepted allegiance to Moscow. In 1685, he was appointed by the Patriarch of Moscow to the rank of "Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia". The appointment was recommended by hetman of the Zaporizhian Host Ivan Samoylovych.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 30, 1633
Date of death
April 6, 1690
Kyiv
Citizenship
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Occupations & fields
Eastern Orthodox priest
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