Gedeon Brolnitskyj (
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: Gedeon Brolnicki; 1528–1618) was a bishop of the
Ruthenian Uniate Church and a monk belonged to the
Lauryshava Monastery and since 1601 Archbishop of
Polotsk.
Biography
In 1596 Brolnitskyj was an Orthodox
Archimandrite
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of the Lauryshava Monastery (in today's Belarus) and converted from Orthodoxy to
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, signing an act of the
Union of Brest
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.
On May 26, 1601 Gideon Brolicki was nominated Archbishop of Polotsk.
[ Blazheyovsky D. Hierarchy of the Kievan Church (861-1996). - Lviv: Kamenyar, 1996. - P. 281.]] On August 6, 1601, he was ordained bishop and remained as Catholic Uniate bishop till his death in 1618.
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbroln.html
{{Uniate Bishops of Polotsk Eparchy
1528 births
1618 deaths
Archimandrites
People from Polotsk
Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy
Former Belarusian Orthodox Christians
Archbishops of Polotsk (Ruthenian Uniate Church)
16th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops