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Saint Igor of Kiev and Chernigov
Right-Believing Martyr
Died	19 September, 1147
Honored in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	19 September

Igor II Olgovich (died September 19, 1147) was Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev (1146). He was a son of Oleg I of Chernigov.

He was the chosen successor of his brother, Vsevolod II of Kiev. Though his brother had extracted promises of loyalty from his Kievan subjects, Igor and his family, the Olgovichi, were unpopular and there was resistance against his accession. The chroniclers accused Igor of being dishonest, greedy, scheming, and violent. He had reigned less than two weeks before the Kievans invited his cousin and rival, Iziaslav II, to be their prince. Reneging on a promise he had made not to seek power, Iziaslav attacked and defeated Igor and his brother Sviatoslav.

Sviatoslav escaped, but Igor got bogged down in some marshes and was unable to flee because of an infirmity in his legs. He was captured, and Iziaslav had him thrown into a pit. He languished in the pit until autumn 1146, when, desperately ill, he requested permission to become a monk. Iziaslav released him, but Igor was so weak he had to be carried from the pit and nearly died of illness. He became a monk at the monastery of St. Feodor in Kiev under the name Ignati.

In 1147, a mob attacked Igor under the mistaken impression that he intended to usurp Iziaslav's throne. Iziaslav's brother, Vladimir, tried to rescue Igor, but the mob tore down a balcony on which Igor had sought sanctuary, and thus killed him. His body was dragged behind a cart and exhibited in a market before it could be salvaged by Vladimir. Miracles were alleged to have occurred around Igor's body, and he was proclaimed a saint-martyr. Eventually his remains were sent to the Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernigov.

Veneration

Igor is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day being on 19 September. He bears the saint titles of "Right-Believing and "Martyr"

Notes

1. Russian: Игорь II Ольгович; Ukrainian: Ігор II Ольгович, romanized: Ihor II Olhovych

Reference

1. Morby, John E. (2002). Dynasties of the world: a chronological and genealogical handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780198604730.
2. "Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

Sources

• Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246, 2003

• Grand princes of Kiev
• 1147 deaths
• Eastern Orthodox saints from Kievan Rus'
• Olgovichi family