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Hierarch · 12th century

Blessed Constantine Metropolitan of Kiev

Also known as Constantine of Kiev

A metropolitan of Kiev amid the strife that followed the fall of Prince Igor, who in humility asked that after death his body be cast out, judging himself unworthy.

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Notes

OCA gives limited detail.

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