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Olga of Kiev | |
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.jpg) Saint Olga by Mikhail Nesterov (1892) | |
| Equal to the Apostles, Blessed Princess | |
| Born | c. 890–925 Pleskov or Vybuty, Kievan Rus' |
| Residence | Kiev, Kievan Rus' |
| Died | 11 July 969 Kiev, Kievan Rus' |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism |
| Canonized | Unknown, possibly 1284.[1] |
| Major shrine | Church of the Tithes |
| Feast | 11 July |
| Attributes | Cross and church |
| Patronage | Widows, converts |
| Princess of Kiev | |
| Reign | 945–957[2] |
| Predecessor | Igor of Kiev |
| Successor | Sviatoslav the Brave |
| Spouse | Igor of Kiev |
| Issue | Sviatoslav the Brave |
| Dynasty | Rurik |
| Religion | Chalcedonian Christianity prev. Slavic pagan |
Olga (Church Slavonic: Ольга;[3][a] Old Norse: Helga;[4] c. 890–925 – 11 July 969)[5] was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа.[b] She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor. Even though it was her grandson Vladimir who adopted Christianity and made it the state religion,[7] she was the first ruler to be baptized.[8][9]
Olga is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with the epithet "Equal to the Apostles". Her feast day is 11 July.[10]
- ^ Gasparov & Raevsky-Hughes 2018, pp. 77–81.
- ^ Oleg Kotomin (2012). The Russian Tsars. Translated by Paul Williams. Saint Petersburg: Yarky Gorod Art Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 978-5-9663-0239-9.
- ^ Клосс, Борис (15 May 2022). Полное собрание русских летописей. Том 1. Лаврентьевская летопись (in Russian). Litres. pp. 55–60. ISBN 978-5-04-107383-1.
- ^ Winroth, Anders (2016). The Age of the Vikings. Princeton University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-691-16929-3.
- ^ Войтович, Леонтій Вікторович (1992). Генеалогія Рюриковичів і Гедиміновичів. Avtor. p. 16. ISBN 5-7702-0506-7.
- ^ Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor 1953, p. 82.
- ^ Feldbrugge, Ferdinand J. M. (2017). A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649. Brill. p. 340. ISBN 978-90-04-35214-8.
- ^ Gasparov & Raevsky-Hughes 2021, p. 51.
- ^ Franklin, Simon; Shepard, Jonathan (2014). The Emergence of Russia 750–1200. Routledge. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-317-87224-5.
- ^ "Святая княгиня Ольга". Русская вера (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-08-08.
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