RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow

1507 - 1569

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Saint Philip II of Moscow (11 February 1507 – 23 December 1569) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1566 to 1568. He was the thirteenth Metropolitan of Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm. He was one of a few metropolitans who dared openly to contradict Ivan the Terrible. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow has received more than 76,229 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow is the 2,151st most popular religious figure, the 1,307th most popular biography from Russia and the 34th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow ranks 2,151 out of 3,187Before him are Yisrael Meir Kagan, Karl Leisner, Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Robby Müller, and Luigi Poggi. After him are Angelo Felici, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Saint Pirmin, Musō Soseki, and Hilary of Arles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow ranks 15Before him are Bálint Bakfark, Ferrante Gonzaga, Alvise I Mocenigo, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Magdalena of Saxony, and Guillaume Rondelet.  Among people deceased in 1569, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow ranks 12Before him are Maria Temryukovna, Gerolama Orsini, Aben Humeya, Mikołaj Rej, Catherine Carey, and Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him are António Ferreira, and Myles Coverdale.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow ranks 1,307 out of 3,761Before him are Tatyana Baramzina (1919), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Vladimir Steklov (1864), Nikolay Ogarev (1813), Helena Roerich (1879), and Vitaly Sevastyanov (1935). After him are Vladimir Zeldin (1915), Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), Valery Voronin (1939), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Pavel Bazhov (1879), and Elvira Nabiullina (1963).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow ranks 34Before him are Stephen of Perm (1340), Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525), Gamzat-bek (1789), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), and Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290). After him are Nilus of Sora (1433), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), Marina Semyonova (1908), Herman of Alaska (1756), Elsa Brändström (1888), and Nikolay Ilminsky (1822).