Vladimir the Great
Grand Prince of Kiev
b. c. 956 · d. c. 15 Jul 1015
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church both canonised him as Saint Vladimir.
Related people
- Olga of Kiev relative of · traditional
- Yaroslav the Wise parent of · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Church of the Tithes burial
- Berestove death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire 1 claim — Baptism of Volodymyr and Rus'