Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov | |
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Saint, Holy hierarch | |
Born | Pokrovskoye, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire | 15 February 1807
Died | 30 April 1867 Nicolo-Babaevsky Monastery, Bolshie Soli, Kostroma Governorate | (aged 60)
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox church |
Canonized | 6 June 1988, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius by 1988 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, (Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow) |
Major shrine | Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl |
Feast | April 30 |
Attributes | Vested as a bishop |
Ignatius Brianchaninov (born Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov; Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Брянчанинов, IPA: [dmʲitrʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ brʲɪnʲtɕɪˈnʲinəf]; 15 February 1807 – 30 April 1867) was a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church. He stands out as one of the greatest Eastern Orthodox patristic writers of the nineteenth century.[1]
He was glorified (canonized) as a saint by the 1988 meeting of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. His relics are preserved at the ancient Tolga Monastery on the Volga River near Yaroslavl.[2]