Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk
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- Also known as
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Efrasinnia
Efrosin
Euphrasinne
Evfrosinia of Polotsk
Pradslava
Yefrasinnya Polatskaya
- Memorial
- 23 May
- Profile
- Daughter of Prince Svyatoslav of Polotsk.
Granddaughter of Prince Polacak Usiaslau.
Entered the Convent of Holy Wisdom at Polotsk, a house founded by her aunt, at age 12; she was later joined by her sister, two nieces, and a cousin.
Hermit in a cell in the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom.
Book copyist; proceeds from the sale of the books were given to the poor.
Founded a convent at Seltse.
Pilgrim to Constantinople; received by emperor Manuel I and Patriarch Michael III.
Pilgrim to the Holy Lands where she was received by the Crusader King Amaury I.
Especially venerated by Belarussians, Ruthenians, Lithuanians, and Russians.
- Born
- 1110 at Polotsk, Belarus as Pradslava
- Died
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1173 at the monastery of Mar Saba near Jerusalem of natural causes
re-interred in the Monastery of the Caves at Kiev in 1187
relics translated to Polotsk in 1910 at the Saviour-Efrosinia Convent
- Canonized
- 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Belarus
- Patronage
- Belarus
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Ecole Initiative
For All The Saints
Peter Kasaty
Wikipedia
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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