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Epiphanius the Wise (Russian: Епифаний Премудрый) (died 1420) was a monk from Rostov hagiographer and disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh.He wrote hagiographies of both Saint Stephen of Perm and St. Sergius. The latter The Life of Sergii Radonezhsky he started to write a year after the death of Saint Sergius according to his own memories. He finished the writings 26 years after the death of Sergius i.e. around 1417-1418.