RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Josaphat Kuntsevych

1580 - 1623

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Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM (c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church who served as Archbishop of Polotsk from 1618 to 1623. On 12 November 1623, he was beaten to death with an axe during an anti-Catholic riot by Eastern Orthodox Belarusians in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. His death reflects the conflict between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches that intensified after four Ruthenian Orthodox Church (Kiev Metropolitanate) bishops transferred their allegiance from the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople to the Holy See, under the terms laid down by the 1439 Council of Florence, by signing the 1596 Union of Brest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josaphat Kuntsevych has received more than 246,085 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Josaphat Kuntsevych is the 608th most popular religious figure (up from 685th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 88th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

Josaphat Kuntsevych is most famous for his epic poem, "Taras Bulba," which he wrote in 1842. The poem is about the life of Taras Bulba, a Cossack general in Ukraine.

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  • 65.78

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Josaphat Kuntsevych ranks 608 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Theodore II, Muhammad Ahmad, John Wesley, Seraphim of Sarov, Pope Stephen IX, and Anne Catherine Emmerich. After him are Huineng, Angela Merici, Giulia Farnese, Korah, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, and Isaac of Nineveh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Josaphat Kuntsevych ranks 2. Before him is Jan Baptist van Helmont. After him are Willebrord Snellius, John Smith, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Gabriel Bethlen, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, Augusta of Denmark, and Andrea Falconieri. Among people deceased in 1623, Josaphat Kuntsevych ranks 5. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Halime Sultan, Tulsidas, and Anne Hathaway. After him are Mariam-uz-Zamani, William Byrd, Domenico Fetti, Kara Davud Pasha, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Paolo Sarpi, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Josaphat Kuntsevych ranks 84 out of 1,365. Before him are Larisa Latynina (1934), Nachman of Breslov (1772), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883), Selman Waksman (1888), Anacharsis (-700), and Andrey Yeryomenko (1892). After him are Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Bruno Schulz (1892), Anton Makarenko (1888), Andrzej Żuławski (1940), Karl Radek (1885), and Clarice Lispector (1920).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Josaphat Kuntsevych ranks 3. Before him are Baal Shem Tov (1700), and Nachman of Breslov (1772). After him are Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Jacob Frank (1726), Filaret (1929), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Josyf Slipyj (1892), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Anthony of Kiev (983), and Hilarion of Kiev (990).

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