Also known as:
Basil Vasiliev, Vasily Vasiliev, Vasilyev
ABEL, VASILIEV. - Russian monk (in the world Basil Vasiliev), b. in 1757 at Akulov, in the government of Moscow, d. in 1841 in the monastery of Spasso-Evfimiev. He set himself up as a mystic and prophet, which procured him numerous followers, but in the end earned him many bitter disappointments. It is related in fact that, having predicted the death of Catherine II, she had him shut up in a fortress. Paul I wished to free him, but, after listening to him, sent him back to prison. Alexander I set him at liberty again and Nicholas I assigned him the monastery of Spasso-Evfimiev as his dwelling, where he died. A. left a series of writings in which the narration of his adventures is accompanied by mystical commentaries, akin to Masonic literature. We may mention: Vita e prove di P. Abel; Discorsi sull'Essere; Ciò che è l'essenza divina; Libro primo sull'esistenza del monaco Abel; etc.
Bibliography3 worksConferenze alla Società di storia e d'archeologia russa dell'Università di Mosca, 4 (1863), pp. 217-22; Rushaja Sturina, 1 (1872), pp. 414-3
BIBL.: Conferenze alla Società di storia e d'archeologia russa dell'Università di Mosca, 4 (1863), pp. 217-22; Rushaja Sturina, 1 (1872), pp. 414-35; Dizionario biografico russo (Rushij biograficheskii Slovar), I. Pietroburgo 1896, p. 33.
Jugie, Martino. “Abel, vasiliev.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 61. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/abel-vasiliev.
MLA
Jugie, Martino. “Abel, vasiliev.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 61. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/abel-vasiliev.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_abel_vasiliev,
author = {Jugie, Martino},
title = {Abel, vasiliev},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {61},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/abel-vasiliev}
}
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