Peter of Moscow

Not to be confused with 20th-century vicar of the diocese of Moscow, Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsy.
Peter of Moscow
Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'
Metropolitan Peter, with Scenes from His Life, 15th-century icon by Dionisius
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed1308
Term ended1326
PredecessorMaximos
SuccessorTheognostus

Peter of Moscow (Russian: Пётр Московский, Peter of Kiev, Peter of Rata, Russian: Пётр Ратенский, Ukrainian: Петро Ратенський; c. 1260 – 20 December 1326) was an Eastern Orthodox bishop of Kiev, who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325. Later he was proclaimed a patron saint of Moscow. In spite of the move, the office remained officially entitled "Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'" until the autocephalous election of Jonah in 1448.

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