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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.

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birth date
1797-09-06
birth place
Irkutsk Oblast
canonized by
Russian Orthodox Church, Pimen I of Moscow
canonized place
Moscow
death date
1879-04-12
death place
Moscow
LCCN Id
n/79/89974
major shrine
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
title
Enlightener of Alaska and Siberia
venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church (United States)

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