Olga Prekrasa

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Olga Prekrasa, better known as Olga of Kiev, was a 10th-century regent of Kievan Rus' renowned for her dramatic vengeance against the Drevlians and later venerated as a saint for her early adoption and promotion of Christianity in the region.

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Olga Prekrasa canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian convert ⓘ
female ruler ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
regent ⓘ
ruler of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Olga Prekrasa ⓘ
Olga of Kyiv ⓘ
linked to: Olga of Kiev

Saint Olga ⓘ
associatedWith Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv

Pskov ⓘ
birthPlace Pskov region ⓘ
linked to: Pskov Oblast
burialPlace Church of the Tithes ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
child Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
convertedBy Byzantine clergy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus
culture East Slavic ⓘ
deathDate 969 ⓘ
deathPlace Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv
dynasty Rurik dynasty ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
feastDay 11 July ⓘ
24 July (some calendars) ⓘ
influenced Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
knownFor being one of the first Christian rulers of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
early promotion of Christianity in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
vengeance against the Drevlians ⓘ
notableAction engineered burning of Drevlian capital Iskorosten ⓘ
ordered execution of Drevlian envoys ⓘ
notableEvent conversion to Christianity in Constantinople ⓘ
notableRelic relics translated to different churches over time ⓘ
opponent Drevlians ⓘ
patronage widows and converts (in some traditions) ⓘ
positionHeld regent of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
predecessor Igor of Kiev ⓘ
regencyEndTime c. 960s ⓘ
regencyFor Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
regencyStartTime 945 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religionBeforeConversion Slavic paganism ⓘ
spouse Igor of Kiev ⓘ
successor Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
title Equal-to-the-Apostles ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
visited Constantinople ⓘ

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Olga of Kiev → alsoKnownAs → Olga Prekrasa ⓘ
Olga of Kiev → alsoKnownAs → Olga Prekrasa ⓘ
subject linked to: Olga Prekrasa