Leo II Mung

Leo II. Mung (also: Lev Philosopher; Middle Greek Λέων ο Μούγγος , Bulgarian : Левъ философъ, Лъв Мунг) was Archbishop of Ohrid 1108–1120.

Leo was a Romaniotic Jew , and a pupil of the famous Rabbi Tobia ben Eliezer before converting to Orthodox Christianity. As a great scholar - hence the nickname “The Philosopher” - he was sent by the Patriarch of Constantinople as a missionary to the area that today belongs to southwestern Ukraine. He spoke several languages. Soon after, he was installed as Archbishop of Ohrid, where he succeeded Theophylact of Ohrid . Beyond that, little is known about his life.

Leo commissioned an icon that is known to this day, the Bogorodica od Blagovestenie ; he received the honorary title Didaskalos ton Ethnon .

literature

Zvetan Groedanov (Грозданов, Цветан). Живописот на Охридската архиепископија: студии. Skopije: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите. 2007 (Macedonian)
Ivan Snegarov (Снегаров, Иван). History of the Archdiocese of Ohrid (История на Охридската архиепископия), т.1. Второ фототипно издание. Sophia, Академично издателство "Марин Дринов", 1995, [1924]. с. 204-205. (Bulgarian) as full text .

Web links

List of the bishops of Ohrid (Macedonian)

Individual evidence

↑ Дюк. каталогъ, у Gelzer p. 7.
^ John Van Antwerp Fine: The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest . University of Michigan Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5 , p. 450.
↑ Aleksandar Matkovski: A History of the Jews in Macedonia . Macedonian Review Editions, 1982, pp. 25, 27.
↑ Michael Burgess: The Eastern Orthodox Churches: Concise Histories With Chronological Checklists Of Their Primates . McFarland & Company Incorporated, Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0786421452 , p. 92.

predecessor	Office	successor
Theophylact	Archbishop of Ohrid 1108–1120	Michael Maximos

personal data
SURNAME	Leo II Mung
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Λέων ο Μούγγος (Greek); Лъв Мунг, Левъ философъ (Bulgarian); Лав Мунг (Macedonian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Archbishop of Ohrid
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	12th Century

[1] Дюк. каталогъ, у Gelzer p. 7.

[2] John Van Antwerp Fine: The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest . University of Michigan Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5 , p. 450.

[3] Aleksandar Matkovski: A History of the Jews in Macedonia . Macedonian Review Editions, 1982, pp. 25, 27.

[4] Michael Burgess: The Eastern Orthodox Churches: Concise Histories With Chronological Checklists Of Their Primates . McFarland & Company Incorporated, Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0786421452 , p. 92.