RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ignatius Brianchaninov

1807 - 1867

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Ignatius Brianchaninov or Ignaty 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignatius Brianchaninov is the 2,723rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,074th in 2019), the 1,708th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,233rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ignatius Brianchaninov ranks 2,723 out of 3,187Before him are Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, Jacques Gaillot, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Sebastian Francis, and Vicente Enrique y Tarancón. After him are Euzois of Byzantium, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Zoltan Sarosy, Ísleifur Gissurarson, John Neumann, and Angelo Maria Querini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Ignatius Brianchaninov ranks 45Before him are Franz Xaver Fieber, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Ye Mingchen, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Luigi Palmieri, and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. After him are Jules Verreaux, Wilford Woodruff, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Arnold Henry Guyot, Bernhard Horwitz, and John Greenleaf Whittier. Among people deceased in 1867, Ignatius Brianchaninov ranks 52Before him are José Mariano Salas, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Artur Grottger, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, and Charles John Andersson. After him are Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Phan Thanh Giản, Athanasios Miaoulis, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, and Sterling Price.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ignatius Brianchaninov ranks 1,708 out of 3,761Before him are Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900), Alexander Tikhonov (1947), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Marina Ladynina (1908), Viktor Zhdanovich (1938), and Kirill Petrenko (1972). After him are Yuri Matiyasevich (1947), Elena Belova (1947), Vsevolod of Pskov (null), Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903), Lev Chernyi (1890), and Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Ignatius Brianchaninov ranks 41Before him are Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Gamzat-bek (1789), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Nikolay Ilminsky (1822), and Herman of Alaska (1756). After him are Nilus of Sora (1433), Grigory Rodchenkov (1958), Vissarion (1961), Hilarion (1966), and Rawil Gaynetdin (1959).