Symeon of Polotsk

Symeon of Polotsk
Born	12 December 1629  Polotsk
Died	25 August 1680  (aged 50) Moscow
Resting place	Monastery of the Holy Mandylion
Occupation	Playwright, poet, theologian

Symeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky (Russian: Симео́н По́лоцкий; born as Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz, Russian: Самуи́л Петро́вский-Ситнянович; December 12, 1629 – August 25, 1680) was an academically-trained Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener of Belarusian descent who came from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Tsardom of Russia.