Archbishop Herman (, born Herman Aav or German Vasilyevich Aav, ) (b. 2 September 1878, Hellamaa,

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– d. 14 January 1961,

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) was an

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...

-born

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bishop who served from 1925 to 1960 as archbishop of the

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. He was also a composer and author whose works have been published both in

and

, some of them under pen name "H. Lumilill".

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