{{Short description|Archbishop of Novgorod (1210–1218, 1125/1226–1228)}} {{Infobox saint | honorific prefix = Saint | name = Anthony | titles = The Venerable<br/>Archbishop of Novgorod | image = Епископ Антоний закладывает церковь в Новгороде.png | caption = Anthony lays the foundation of a church in Novgorod, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century) | birth_date = | birth_place = Novgorod | death_date = 8 October 1232 | death_place = Novgorod | canonized_date = 1439 | venerated_in = Russian Orthodox Church | feast_day = 8 October<br/>10 February <small>(Synaxis)</small> }} '''Anthony''' ({{langx|ru|Антоний|Antony}}; secular name: '''Dobryna Yadreykovich'''; {{langx|ru| Добрыня Ядрейкович}}; died 8 October 1232) was the archbishop of Novgorod (1210–1218, 1125/1226–1228). He is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.<ref name=Nazarenko2001/>
==Life== Born Dobryna Yadreykovich to a wealthy family in Novgorod, around 1190 he joined the monastery of Khutyn.<ref name=keck1998/><ref name=walsh2007/><ref name=Majeska2016/> His father, Yadrey, was a governor of Novgorod who died in 1194 during a campaign against Yugra.<ref name=Nazarenko2001/> In 1200, he undertook a pilgrimage to Constantinople and wrote an account of his journey in his ''Pilgrim's Book'', which is of interest to historians for its description of the city and its religious monuments.<ref name=geary1994/>
After the archbishop of Novgorod was banished in 1210, Anthony temporarily ascended to the role, but returned the see when his predecessor was permitted to return. Anthony again became the archbishop in 1225/1226, then remained in the position until retiring in 1228 for health reasons.<ref name=walsh2007/><ref name=Majeska2016/><ref name=Nazarenko2001/> He died on 8 October 1232,<ref name=Nazarenko2001/> after a disease had rendered him mute.<ref name=keck1998/><ref name=Majeska2016/>
Around 1220, when Galicia was ruled by Mstislav Mstislavich, Anthony may have been a bishop of Przemyśl, according to some Russian sources.<ref name="karp">{{cite web|first=A|last=Karpov|url=http://www.portal-slovo.ru/history/35777.php |script-title=ru:Антоний, архиепископ Новгородский |trans-title=Anthony, Archbishop of Novgorod |language=ru |publisher=www.portal-slovo.ru |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504082938/http://www.portal-slovo.ru/history/35777.php |archive-date=4 May 2009 |url-status= }}</ref>
==Veneration== Anthony was canonized as a local saint in 1439. Archbishop Euthymius II of Novgorod established a feast day on 10 February for the princes and saints of Novgorod. This was confirmed by the inclusion of his name in the Synaxis of Novgorod Saints dating to the 17th–18th centuries.<ref name=Nazarenko2001/>
==References==
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<ref name=walsh2007>{{citation | first1=Michael | last1=Walsh | year=2007 | title=A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West | page=54 | publisher=Liturgical Press | isbn=0-8146-3186-X | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mUJ58SMMhEC&pg=PA54 }}</ref>
<ref name=geary1994>{{citation | first=Patrick J. | last=Geary | year=1994 | title=Living with the dead in the Middle Ages | series=Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series | page=223 | publisher=Cornell University Press | isbn=0-8014-8098-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6z9p464GbZgC&pg=PA223 }}</ref>
<ref name=keck1998>{{citation | first1=Karen Rae | last1=Keck | year=1998 | title=Anthony of Novgorod | work=The Ecole Initiative | url=http://ecole.evansville.edu/glossary/anovgorod.html | accessdate=2011-10-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407014238/http://ecole.evansville.edu/glossary/anovgorod.html | archive-date=2012-04-07 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=Majeska2016>{{citation | first=George P. | last=Majeska | year=2016 | title=Politics and Hierarchy in the Early Rus' Church: Antonii, a 13th-century Archbishop of Novgorod| work=Tapestry of Russian Christianity: Studies in History and Culture. | url=https://kb.osu.edu/handle/1811/79344 | accessdate=2019-02-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=Nazarenko2001>{{cite book |last1=Nazarenko |first1=A. V. |title=Православная энциклопедия — Т. II: Алексий, человек Божий — Анфим Анхиальский |date=2001 |publisher=Православная энциклопедия |isbn=5-89572-007-2 |pages=600-601 |url=https://www.pravenc.ru/text/115862.html |chapter=Антоний}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{cite Efron|Антоний, архиепископ Новгородский}} * [https://www.pallasweb.com/deesis/anthony-of-novgorod-description-of-hagia-sophia.html An extract from Anthony's ''Pilgrim's Book''], describing the Hagia Sophia.{{Authority control}}
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