Herman of Kazan and Svyazhsk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archbishop Herman, born Grigory Sadyrev-Polev in Staritsa, was an archbishop of Kazan from 1564 to 1567, and later a candidate for the Metropolitan of Moscow.[1] He died on November 6, 1567, in Moscow and was buried in the Church of Saint Nicholas the Hospitable.[2] He was the twelfth Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.
Quick Facts Church, See ...
Herman of Kazan and Svyazhsk | |
---|---|
Metropolitans of Moscow and all Russia | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Installed | 1566 |
Term ended | 1567 |
Predecessor | Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow |
Successor | Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow |
Personal details | |
Born | 1505 |
Died | 6 November 1567 |
Close