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Hilarion of Kiev

ILARIONE DI KIEV

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ILARIONE. - The second metropolitan of Kiev whose history can be documented (1051-54). He was not Greek but Slavic. At the invitation of Grand Prince Yaroslav I the Wise (1019-54), he was elected by the "Russian" bishops and then consecrated metropolitan by the imposition of the relics of St. Clement on his head. No confirmation was sought from the Byzantine patriarch.

An excellent sermon "on law and grace" by him is preserved, in which the conversion of Russia is described as an event in its own right and not dependent on Byzantium. No expression against Rome is found in it.

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BIBL.: W. Philipp, Ansätze zum geschichtlichen und politischen Denken im Kiewer Russland, Breslau 1940, passim; A. M. Ammann, Storia della Chiesa russa e dei paesi limitrofi, Turin 1948, see index.

Alberto M. Ammann

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By Alberto Maria Ammann

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1617.

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Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Ilarione di Kiev.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1617. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/ilarione-di-kiev.

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Ammann, Alberto Maria. “Ilarione di Kiev.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1617. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ilarione-di-kiev.

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@incollection{ec6_ilarione_di_kiev,
  author    = {Ammann, Alberto Maria},
  title     = {Ilarione di Kiev},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1617},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ilarione-di-kiev}
}

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