person
Dimitri of Rostov
also: Димитрий Ростовский, Saint Demetrius of Rostov
17th-18th century Orthodox metropolitan, hagiographer, and church writer (1651-1709), canonized as a saint; cited by the deacon as proof that clergy have historically contributed to enlightenment through their writings.
Reading notes
- At the Baths §62 Dimitri of Rostov
The first of three real historical clergy-writers the deacon cites (with Innokenty of Kherson and Filaret of Moscow) as proof that men of the cloth have written works of genuine enlightenment -- his rebuttal to Mikhailo's blanket contempt for writers.