Olga of Kiev | |
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![]() Saint Olga by Mikhail Nesterov (1892) | |
Equal to the Apostles, Blessed Princess | |
Born | c. 890–925 Pleskov or Vybuty , Kievan Rus' |
Residence | Kiev, Kievan Rus' |
Died | 11 July 969 Kiev, Kievan Rus' |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism |
Canonized | Unknown, possibly 1284.[1] |
Major shrine | Church of the Tithes |
Feast | 11 July |
Attributes | Cross and church |
Patronage | Widows, converts |
Princess of Kiev | |
Reign | 945–957[2] |
Predecessor | Igor of Kiev |
Successor | Sviatoslav the Brave |
Spouse | Igor of Kiev |
Issue | Sviatoslav the Brave |
Dynasty | Rurik |
Religion | Chalcedonian Christianity prev. Slavic pagan |
Olga (Church Slavonic: Ольга;[3][a] Old Norse: Helga;[4] c. 890–925 – 11 July 969)[5] was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа.[b] She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor. Even though it was her grandson Vladimir who adopted Christianity and made it the state religion,[7] she was the first ruler to be baptized.[8][9]
Olga is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with the epithet "Equal to the Apostles". Her feast day is 11 July.[10]
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