Dionysius, Metropolitan of Moscow

Who was Dionysius, Metropolitan of Moscow?

Dionysius was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia between 1581 and 1587.

Dionysius was elected metropolitan by Ivan IV in 1581. He was notable for his eloquence and a number of works, for which he would be nicknamed Грамматик. Being a close friend of the Shuisky family, Dionysius managed to reconcile them with the Godunovs in 1585. At the same time, he attempted to persuade tsar Feodor I to divorce Irina Godunova, for which he was deposed at the instigation of Boris Godunov in 1587 and exiled to the Khutyn Monastery outside Novgorod the Great. He died there in 1591.