Editing Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow

{{Short description|Metropolitan of Moscow from 1522 to 1539}}
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| ended = 1539
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'''Daniel''' ({{langx|ru|Даниил}}; before 1492 – May 22, 1547) was [[List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow|Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus']], the [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], from 1522 to 1539. He was the eighth metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] as had been the norm.

He represented the belligerent ecclesiastic circle that was interested in alliance with the princely authority.

==Biography==
Daniel was a [[monk]] at [[Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery]] and a student of [[Joseph Volotsky]]. In 1515, he was elected [[hegumen]] of the [[monastery]], which had been under the [[patronage]] of [[Vasili III]]. When Daniel became [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan]], he assisted Vasili III in summoning the Vasili Shemyachich, the prince of [[Novgorod-Seversky|Seversk]], to [[Moscow]] and imprisoning him. In 1525, bypassing the ecclesiastic [[Canon (priest)|canon]]s, Daniel sanctioned the divorce between Vasili III and his childless wife [[Solomonia Saburova]], which caused general discontent in [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]].<ref>E.E. Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1 (Moscow: University Press, 1900), 731.</ref>

Daniel was the initiator of a number of church councils (''sobory'') between 1525 and 1531, which condemned the opponents of the [[Josephinians]] - [[Maximus the Greek]] and [[Vassian Patrikeyev]].<ref>E.E. Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1 (Moscow: University Press, 1900), 711-726.</ref> While on his deathbed, Vasili III asked Daniel to take care of his wife and son. The metropolitan solemnly blessed [[Ivan IV]] in the [[Cathedral of the Dormition]].

During the struggle between the [[Shuisky]] family and prince [[Gediminid Belsky family#Kazan campaigns|Ivan Belsky]] in 1538, Daniel supported the latter, for which he would be [[defrock]]ed a year later by the Shuiskys. He died on May 22, 1547, in the [[Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery]], where he was incarcerated.<ref>E.E. Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1 (Moscow: University Press, 1900), p. 736.</ref>

Daniel was the author of a number of works, condemning [[heresy|heretic]]s in [[Russia]]. Some historians believe that he was one of the compilers of the ''[[Nikon Chronicle]]''.

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite Efron|Даниил, митрополит московский}}

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