Ipatii Potii
| Hypatius Pociej | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
 |
|
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 15 November 1600 |
| Term ended | 8 July 1613 |
| Predecessor | Michael Rahoza |
| Successor | Joseph Rutsky |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 6 June 1593 (Bishop) by Michael Rahoza |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Adam Tyczkowicz |
| Born | 12 April 1541 |
| Died | 18 July 1613 (aged 72) Włodzimierz Wołyński |
Hypatius Pociej (Polish: Hipacy Pociej, Ukrainian: Іпатій Потій, Belarusian: Іпацій Пацей) (12 April 1541 – 18 July 1613) was the Metropolitan of Kiev and Galychyna from 1599 to his death in 1613. He played an active role in the 1595 Union of Brest of which he was a firm supporter. He was also a writer, polemist and theologian.
Adam Tyczkowicz was born on 12 April 1541 from a noble family. His father, Lev Tyczkowicz, was scribe of the polish queen. His mother, Anna Łosa, after the death of her husband, on about 1550, married the governor of areas of Smolensk. Prince Mikolaj "the Black" Radziwill took care of his education and sent him to a Calvinist school and later in the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 1572 Adam was secretary of king Sigismund II Augustus and in 1580 he was judge in Brest. In 1588 he was Castellan of Brest and a senator of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In his yonth, under the influence of Prince Radziwill, Adam converted to Calvinism, but about 1574, scared about the extremes of that denomination he returned to the Orthodox Church. In the same year he married Anna, of the dukes of Hołowniów-Ostrożeckich, with whom he had six children.
After the death of his wife in 1592, he chose to become a monk, taking the religious name of Ipati (Hypatius). Thanks to the support of Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, a close friend of his, he was appointed in 1593 as a bishop of the eparchy of Volodymyr-Brest and he was consecrated bishop on 6 June 1593 by the hands of Mykhajlo Rohoza.
...
Wikipedia