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Innocent of Alaska

1797–1879 · 19th century · Also known as Innocent Veniaminov, Ivan Veniaminov

Innocent of Alaska, born Ivan Veniaminov, was a Russian Orthodox missionary, linguist and bishop. He worked among the Aleut from 1824 and then at Sitka, created a writing system for the Aleut language and translated scripture into it. He became the first bishop of Kamchatka, the Kuriles and the Aleutians and later Metropolitan of Moscow, and is venerated as a saint.

Innocent of Alaska
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Russian America

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