Joseph Velamin-Rutski
Bishop) by Hypatius Pociej | |
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| Born | Jan Rutski 1574 Ruta in Belarus |
| Died | 5 February 1637 (aged 62–63) Derman', in Volhynia |
Joseph Velamin-Rutski (born as Ivan Velyaminov;
Basilian monks.[2]
Early life
Joseph Velyaminov-Rutski (father Feliks Velyaminov from
Moscovy during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Ivan Velyaminov was born in 1574 and, according to a use of noble families, was named after the estate where he was born, Ruta, thus he was named Ivan Velaminov-Rutski.[3]
At 17 he moved to Prague where he studied under the Jesuits and converted to the Catholic Church of Latin Rite against the will of his parents. From 1593-1596, Rutski studied philosophy at Wurtzburg. After the death of his father, his mother, who remained a Calvinist, opposed Rutski's desire to enter into religious life and stopped supporting his studies. Rutski continued his studies in the St. Athanasius Greek College in Rome, where he was authorized by Pope Clement VIII to change from the Latin Rite to the Byzantine Rite. Rutski completed his studies in 1603.[3]
Metropolitan of Kiev
Rutski was sent to
Josaphat Kuncevyc, with whom he worked since his time at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity. Upon becoming metropolitan, Rutski consecrated Josaphat as coadjutor Archbishop of Polotsk with the title of Bishop of Vitebsk.[4][5]
In 1617, Metropolitan Rutski united a number of monasteries into the Congregation of the Holy Trinity of the Order of Saint Basil the Great.
Following the erection of the parallel metropolis in 1620 — the
Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia — he worked for unity with those bishops who remained loyal to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
.
He died on 5 February 1637 and is buried in Vilnius. His cause for beatification began in 1937.
Notes
- Latinized form of Halych, one of several regional principalities of the medieval state of Kievan Rus'.
References
- ISBN 978-83-60694-02-2.
- ^ "Metropolita Józef Welamin Rutski". Unici.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ a b Haluscynskyj, Theodosius; Welykyv, Athanasius (1956). "Introductio". Epistolae Josephi Velamin Rutskyj metropolitae Kioviensisis catholici. Analecta OSBM. Serie 2. Sectio 3. Rome. p. IX.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ludvik Nemec, “The Ruthenian Uniate Church in Its Historical Perspective,” Church History; Vol. 37, No. 4 (Dec., 1968), pp. 365-388
- ^ Patritium Gauchat (1935). Hierarchia catholica Medii aevi sive summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series. Vol. 4. Regensburg. p. 149.
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