Daumantas of Pskov

Fresco of Dovmont in the Trinity Cathedral, Pskov
Our Lady of Mirozh with Daumantas and his wife Maria from the Mirozhsky Monastery

Daumantas, Domantas or Dovmont[1] (Russian: Довмонт; Christian name: Timothy (Тимофей);[2] died 20 May 1299)[3] was Prince of Pskov from 1266 to 1299.[4][5] During his term in office, Pskov became de facto independent from Novgorod.

He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with his feast day observed on 20 May.[6]

  1. ^ For the sake of simplicity, the original Lithuanian personal name Daumantas is used in the first part of this article concerning his activities in Lithuania, while the Russian version Dovmont is used in his affairs connected with Pskov.
  2. ^ "Orthodox Lithuania". Orthodox England. Retrieved 2007-12-17. St Dovmont or Timothy
  3. ^ Rowland, Daniel Bruce (1 January 1984). Medieval Russian Culture. University of California Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-520-08638-8.
  4. ^ Murray, Alan V. (5 July 2017). Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150–1500. Taylor & Francis. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-351-94715-2.
  5. ^ Langer, Lawrence N. (15 September 2021). Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-5381-1942-6.
  6. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος τοῦ Πσκώφ. 20 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.