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Olga of Kiev
princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925)
SaintFull write-upDocumented cause
Feast: 11 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
890
Died
969
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
1284
unverified
Who they were
At Kyiv in the territory of present-day Ukraine, Saint Olga, grandmother of Saint Vladimir, who, first among the Rurikids, received baptism and the name Helen, opening to all the people of Rus' the way to Christ.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 11 July as the grandmother of Saint Vladimir, first of the Rurikids to be baptised.
Connected on this site
- Vladimir the Great Saint Relative
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q193198 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Olga of Kiev (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.