Saint Innocent of Alaska

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bishop
gptkb:city
gptkb:missionary
gptkb:saint
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Innocent_Veniaminov
gptkbp:birthDate 1797-08-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Ivan_Evseyevich_Popov
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Anga,_Irkutsk_Governorate,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Trinity_Lavra_of_St._Sergius
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
1977
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_in_America
gptkbp:consecrationDate 1840
gptkbp:contribution advocated for the rights of indigenous peoples
developed Aleut alphabet
established schools and churches in Alaska
promoted education among native Alaskans
gptkbp:deathDate 1879-03-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Moscow,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:feastDay March 31
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Innocent of Alaska
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Tlingit
English
Indigenous people
gptkbp:missionaryWork gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Russian_Far_East
gptkb:Siberia
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:educator
gptkb:linguist
first Orthodox bishop in America
missionary to the Aleut and Tlingit peoples
gptkbp:notableWork author of 'Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven'
Orthodox missionary work in Alaska
translation of religious texts into Aleut and Tlingit
gptkbp:ordinationDate 1821
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Alaska
Indigenous people
Orthodox Christian missionaries
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Metropolitan_Philaret_(Drozdov)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Metropolitan_Macarius_(Bulgakov)
gptkbp:title gptkb:Metropolitan_of_Moscow_and_Kolomna
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:saint
gptkb:Eastern_Christianity
gptkb:Diocese_of_Alaska
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5