Hilarion of Kyiv
first non-Greek Metropolitan of Kyiv
b. c. 990 · d. c. 1055
5th Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Rus' · c. 1051–c. 1054
Offices
- Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Rus' № 5 · c. 1051 – c. 1054
Hilarion or Ilarion was the first non-Greek Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'. He held the metropolitan post before or during the ongoing 11th century East–West Schism. While there is not much verifiable information regarding Hilarion's biography, there are several aspects of his life which have come to be generally accepted.
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Kievan Rus' birth
- Kyiv death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Russian Primary Chronicle 2 claims — s.a. 6559 (1051); Synod of Kyiv elevates Hilarion
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, coll. 1261-1262 — IX. Provincia Russiae, Ecclesia Kioviae, Metropolis; EPISCOPI, no. V. HILARION
Documents
- Sermon on Law and Grace author