Roman (Lithuania)
Roman ( Greek Ρωμανός (Romanos), Church Slavonic Роман ; † 1362 ) was an Orthodox metropolitan of Lithuania from 1355 to 1362.
Life
Roman was the son of a boyar from Tver and a relative of Ulyana of Tver , the second wife of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas . He became a monk. In 1352 he went to Constantinople .
In 1354 he was mentioned in Constantinople. In 1355 he appeared as a witness in a treaty between the Byzantine Emperor John V and the Bulgarian Tsar John Alexander for the first time as Metropolitan of Lithuania . In the same year his name was mentioned in a list of the Synod of Constantinople , in sixth place after the Patriarch; the Moscow metropolitan appeared only in twelfth place.
In Constantinople in 1356 the areas of responsibility of the two metropolitans of Russia were determined: Roman was metropolitan for Lithuania and Little Russia, Alexej for Kiev and Moscow. The eparchies of Polotsk, Turow, Wladimir-Wolynskyj, Przemyśl, Galicia, Lutsk, Chełm, Chernigow, Smolensk, Brjansk and Belgorod belonged to Roman's jurisdiction.
In 1360 Roman stayed in Tver. In 1361 Lithuania (Polotsk, Turow, Nawahradak) and Little Russia were confirmed to him in Constantinople. Roman died in 1362.
literature
- Franz Miklosich , Joseph Müller : Acta et diplomata graeca medii aevi sacra et profana, collecta et edita , vol. 1. Vienna 1860. Act CLXXXIII, pp. 425-430; Act CLXXXV, p. 433.
Remarks
- ↑ Details from his life are given in the Rogosher Chronicle , cf. Рогожский летописец . Л. 281 об., 282. ПСРЛ. Том XV. Москва, 2000. С. 61, 63-65, 73
- ↑ Ο Λιτβών μητροπολίτης και ύπέρτιμος 'Ρωμανός - Metropolitan of the Lithuanians and hypertimos Romanos
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | novel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Роман; Ρωμανός |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Metropolitan of Lithuania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1362 |