Simeon of Kiev (date of birth is uncertain – died 1488) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the

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of the

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. Simeon served as the Bishop of Polotsk before being elected as the metropolitan bishop by the council of bishops. He was later confirmed by the

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in 1481.Symeon, Metropolitan

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. Hrushevsky, M.
Hierarchal relations (ЄРАРХІЧНІ ВІДНОСИНИ)
'. History of Ukraine-Rus. Evidence of confirmation of Simeon according to Hrushevsky is mentioned in a palinode of Zachary Kopystensky. With this confirmation also was restored so called "modus vivendi". The tenure of Simeon was challenged by the anti-Eastern Orthodox sentiments of the King of Poland

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and the 1482 plundering of Kiev by the Crimean Khan Mengli Giray, an ally of the Grand Prince

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1488 deaths Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1441–1596) Year of birth unknown Eastern Orthodox bishops of Polotsk 15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops {{Eastern-Orthodoxy-bio-stub