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Venerable (Monastic) · 17th century

Venerable Polycarp of Briansk

Also known as Prince Peter Ivanovich Boryatinsky

Formerly Prince Peter Boryatinsky, he forsook the world for monastic life and founded the Transfiguration Monastery at Briansk, where he labored in humility until his repose (c. 1620-1621).

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints