RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Isidore of Kiev

1385 - 1463

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Isidore or Isidor of Kiev, also known as Isidore of Thessalonica (1385 – 27 April 1463), was a prelate of Byzantine Greek origin. From 1437 to 1441, he served as the metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', based in Moscow, after being chosen by Joseph II of Constantinople. As a supporter of the union with Rome, he left Moscow to attend the Council of Ferrara–Florence. On his return in 1441, he was imprisoned but allowed to escape later that year. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isidore of Kiev is the 1,007th most popular religious figure (up from 1,780th in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 504th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Isidore of Kiev ranks 1,007 out of 3,187Before her are Frumentius, Basil Fool for Christ, Peter Mogila, Leopold Mandić, John of Matha, and Vilna Gaon. After her are John the Merciful, Andrea Amati, Teobaldo Boccapecci, Sebastian Castellio, Mariano Rampolla, and Melito of Sardis.

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Among people born in 1385, Isidore of Kiev ranks 2Before her is Fra Mauro. After her are Tvrtko II of Bosnia, John I, Duke of Alençon, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Paul von Rusdorf, Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, and Fernão Lopes. Among people deceased in 1463, Isidore of Kiev ranks 6Before her are François Villon, Marie of Anjou, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, David of Trebizond, and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria. After her are Flavio Biondo, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Catherine of Bologna, Didacus of Alcalá, John IV, Duke of Bavaria, and Mary of Guelders.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Isidore of Kiev ranks 282 out of 1,024Before her are Arsinoe I (-305), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Callias II (-515), Georgios Roubanis (1929), Ugo Foscolo (1778), and Rigas Feraios (1757). After her are Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Pelopidas (-450), Phocion (-402), Lucas Papademos (1947), Paeonius (-500), and Theramenes (-450).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Isidore of Kiev ranks 18Before her are Saint Giles (640), Porphyry of Gaza (347), Phoebe (50), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Athenagoras of Athens (133), and Theodore Stratelates (281). After her are Saturnin (300), Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (1952), Joseph II of Constantinople (1360), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), Aristides of Athens (150), and Gregory III of Constantinople (1450).