Anthim the Iberian


Anthim the Iberian
Mosaic depicting Anthim at Antim Monastery
Metropolitan of Bucharest
Bornc. 1650
Kingdom of Kartli
(modern-day Georgia)
Died1716
Adrianople, Ottoman Empire
(modern-day Edirne, Turkey)
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Canonized1992-09-27, Bucharest by the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Feast13 June (Georgian)
27 September (Romanian)

Anthim the Iberian (Romanian: Antim Ivireanul, Georgian: ანთიმოზ ივერიელიAntimoz Iverieli; secular name: Andria; 1650 September or October 1716) was a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, led the printing press of the prince of Wallachia, and was Metropolitan of Bucharest in 1708–1715.