Euphrosyne of Polotsk

Deceased Person

1110 – 1173

83

Who was Euphrosyne of Polotsk?

Euphrosyne of Polotsk was the granddaughter of a prince of Polotsk, Vseslav, and daughter of Prince Svyatoslav of Polotsk. She is one of the 15 patron saints of Belarus, whose lives are celebrated in the Belarusian Orthodox Church, on the first Sunday after Pentecost, a feast that was instituted in the year of her canonization in 1984.

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Born
1110
Died
1173
Mar Saba

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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