Peter Akerovich was
Metropolitan of Kiev
Metropolitan of Kyiv is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title that has been created with varying suffixes at multiple times in different Christian churches, though always maintaining the name of the Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolita ...
from 1241 to 1245.
Life
He was born into a
boyar
A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. C ...
family. He became hegumen of the
Saint Saviour Monastery in
Berestovo, and from 1240, an Orthodox
bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
.
Akerovich participated in the
First Council of Lyon
The First Council of Lyon (Lyon I) was the thirteenth ecumenical council, as numbered by the Catholic Church, taking place in 1245. This was the first ecumenical council to be held outside Rome's Lateran Palace after the Great Schism of 1054. ...
in 1245, where he informed the Catholic West of the Tatar threat. He was employed by Grand Prince
Michael of Chernigov in diplomatic service.
Nothing is known of Akerovich after 1246.
Notes
References
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Akerovych, Petro' at the
Encyclopedia of Ukraine'
Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus' (988–1441)
13th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
13th-century births
13th-century deaths
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