Porphyrius Uspensky

Bishop Porphyrius (Russian: Епи́скоп Порфи́рий; secular name: Konstantin Aleksandrovich Uspensky; Russian: Константи́н Алекса́ндрович Успе́нский; 8 September 1804 – 19 April 1885) was a Russian traveller, theologian, orientalist, archaeologist and byzantinologist, founder of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, and discoverer of several ancient codices. From 1865 on, he was auxiliary bishop of Chigirin.

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