Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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| Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' | |
| Church | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 1354 |
| Term ended | 1378 |
| Predecessor | Theognostus of Kiev |
| Successor | Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev |
Saint Alexius | |
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| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
| Born | c. 1296 Moscow |
| Died | 1378 |
| Venerated in | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 1448 |
| Major shrine | Chudov Monastery |
| Feast | 12 February |
| Attributes | Vested wearing bishop's omophorion and patriarch's koukoulion. Sometimes holding a Gospel Book with his right hand raised in blessing |
| Patronage | Moscow |
Alexius (Russian: Алексий, Aleksii; before 1296–1378)[1] was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (from 1354) and presided over the Moscow government during Dmitrii Donskoi's minority.
- ^ André Vauchez; Richard Barrie Dobson; Adrian Walford; Michael Lapidge (2000). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Editions du Cerf. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-57958-282-1. Retrieved October 20, 2010.