Also known as:
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Golitsyn, Alexander Golitsyn, Alexander Nikolayevich Golitsyn, Galitzin, Golitsin, Golitsyn;
Italian: Aleksandr Nikolaevič Golicyn
GALLITZIN, ALESSANDRO NIKOLAJEVIC. - Born on 20 Dec. 1773, died in the Crimea on 4 Dec. 1844, he was one of the principal advisers of Tsar Alexander I. In 1806 the latter appointed G., who was otherwise indifferent regarding religion, supreme procurator of the Holy Synod. G. then underwent a kind of conversion in a Protestant sense, arriving at a colorless faith in the Bible. He founded the Russian Bible Society, in which adherents of all Christian confessions took part. After Pius VII refused to associate himself with the "Holy Alliance," G. was appointed head of the so-called "Double Ministry," charged on behalf of the State with all affairs concerning the worship of all religions. The reconciliation of all the Churches in a single divine worship was then dreamed of. G. is a precursor of present-day ecumenism. A little before the death of Alexander I, G. lost all his influence.
BibliographyA. M. Ammann, Storia della Chiesa russa e dei paesi limitati, Turin 1948, indicates.
BIBL.: A. M. Ammann, Storia della Chiesa russa e dei paesi limitati, Turin 1948, indicates.
Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Gallitzin, alessandro nikolajevic.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1907. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gallitzin-alessandro-nikolajevic.
MLA
Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Gallitzin, alessandro nikolajevic.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1907. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gallitzin-alessandro-nikolajevic.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_gallitzin_alessandro_nikolajev,
author = {Ammann, Alberto Maria},
title = {Gallitzin, alessandro nikolajevic},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1907},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gallitzin-alessandro-nikolajevic}
}
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