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Hierarch · 17th century

Saint Iorest Metropolitan of Ardeal, Confessor of Romania

Also known as Ilie Iorest of Transylvania

Metropolitan of Transylvania who defended the Orthodox faith amid Calvinist pressure, for which he was deposed and imprisoned; honored as a confessor.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints