saint

St Alexander Nevsky

Святой благоверный князь Александр Невский

Grand Prince of Vladimir (1220–1263), defender of Novgorod against the Swedes at the Battle of the Neva (1240) and against the Teutonic Knights at the Battle on the Ice (1242). Tonsured a monk on his death-bed with the name Alexis. Canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547. Feast days 23 November (repose) and 30 August (translation of relics, 1724).

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