Igor Igor II of Kiev

1146 (age 1)

Saint - feast day: 5 June. The chroniclers accused Igor of being dishonest, greedy, scheming, and violent. 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 Saint 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 Chernigov.

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Background

Son of Oleg Svyatoslavich of Chernigov (modern Chernihiv).

Career

Saint - feast day: 5 June. The chroniclers accused Igor of being dishonest, greedy, scheming, and violent. 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 Saint 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 Chernigov.

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