Leonid Ivanovich Fyodorov
Leonid Ivanovich Fyodorow MSU ( Russian Леонид Иванович Фёдоров ; born November 4, 1879 in Saint Petersburg , † March 7, 1935 in Vyatka ) was a religious priest of the Studite Order and exarch of the Russian Catholic Church .
Life
Born into a Russian Orthodox family, Fyodorov converted to Catholicism in 1902 and tried to spread Roman Catholic Christianity in Russia . He studied in Italy and was ordained a priest there. After the outbreak of war in 1914, Fyodorov was deported to Tobolsk , Siberia. He returned after the February Revolution of 1917; After the Bolsheviks came to power in October 1917, Fyodorov and Roman Catholic Christianity ran into considerable difficulties in Russia. The Bolsheviks closed all Catholic churches in Russia. In 1923 Fyodorov was deported to a Gulag penal camp on the White Sea , which he left after ten years in prison. He then went into exile in Belarus , but soon returned to Russia. In 1935 he died of the consequences of the arduous imprisonment. On June 27, 2001, Fyodorov was beatified by Pope John Paul II .
See also
Web links
- http://www.cyrylimetody.marianie.pl/fiodorow.htm
- http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-leonid-feodorov/
- http://russiancatholic.blogspot.com/2009/04/exarch-leonid-feodorov.html
- http://catharticles.by.ru/ruscath/fedorov.htm ( Memento from October 6, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fyodorov, Leonid Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Фёдоров, Леонид Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1935 |
| Place of death | Vyatka |