Innocent of Alaska, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Innocent of Alaska

Russian bishop and saint

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1797

Place of Birth: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 12-Apr-1879

Profession: priest, linguist, Bible translator

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Saint Innocent of Alaska (August 26, 1797 – March 31, 1879, O.S.), also known as Saint Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow (Russian: ????????? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????) was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia.
Remembered for his missionary work, scholarship, and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century, he is known for his abilities as a scholar, linguist, and administrator, as well as his great zeal for his work. As a missionary priest he took his wife and family with him.
In these territories he learned several languages and dialects of the indigenous peoples.
He wrote many of the earliest scholarly works about the native peoples of Alaska, including dictionaries and grammars for their languages for which he devised writing systems; also, he wrote religious works in, and translated parts of the Bible into, several of these languages.
His books were published beginning in 1840.