Innocent of Alaska Saint

Saint Innocent of Alaska (August 26, 1797 – March 31, 1879, O.S.), also known as Saint Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow (Russian Святитель Иннокентий Митрополит Московский) was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. Remembered for his missionary work, scholarship, and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century, he is known for his abilities as a scholar, linguist, and administrator, as well as his great zeal for his work.As a missionary priest he took his wife and family with him. In these territories he learned several languages and dialects of the indigenous peoples. He wrote many of the earliest scholarly works about the native peoples of Alaska, including dictionaries and grammars for their languages for which he devised writing systems; also, he wrote religious works in, and translated parts of the Bible into, several of these languages. His books were published beginning in 1840.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Innocent of Alaska Ioann Veniaminov (as a priest) Ivan Evseyevich Popov (birth name)
Birth date	September 06, 1797
Birth place	Irkutsk Oblast
Date of death	April 12, 1879
Place of death	Moscow
Title	Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia

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canonized by	Russian Orthodox Church Pimen I of Moscow
canonized place	Moscow
major shrine	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Episcopal Church (United States)