Anthim the Iberian | |
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Metropolitan of Bucharest | |
Born | c. 1650 Kingdom of Kartli (modern-day Georgia) |
Died | 1716[1] Adrianople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Edirne, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | 1992-09-27, Bucharest by the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church |
Feast | 13 June (Georgian) 27 September (Romanian) |
Anthim the Iberian (Romanian: Antim Ivireanul, Georgian: ანთიმოზ ივერიელი – Antimoz Iverieli; secular name: Andria; 1650 — September or October 1716) was a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the printing press of the prince of Wallachia, and was Metropolitan of Bucharest in 1708–1715.