Person

Hilarion of Kiev

fl. 1037–1054 · 11th century · Also known as Metropolitan Hilarion

Hilarion was the first metropolitan of Kiev of native Rus' origin, appointed by Yaroslav the Wise in 1051 without waiting for the patriarch of Constantinople. Before that he was a priest at the prince's church at Berestovo near Kiev. He is the author of the Sermon on Law and Grace, a founding work of East Slavic literature. He disappears from the sources soon after Yaroslav's death in 1054.

Hilarion of Kiev
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