Simion Movilă

Simion Movilă (after 1559 younger brother of Ieremia Movilă, and father of Petro Mohyla, who became the Metropolitan of Kiev, Halych and All-Rus' from 1633 until his death, and later was canonized as a saint in the Russian, Romanian and Polish Orthodox Churches.

Biography

In the early 1580s, Simion, along with his brothers, built Sucevița Monastery.

In October 1600,

In August 1602, Simion was defeated by Radu Șerban and forced into exile to Moldavia. which only further inflamed tensions around succession. This eventually spiralled into war, which was eventually won by his son Mihail after Polish support.

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