a Russian monastic, was born at Wladimir in 1707; early entered the order of St. Basil, resided several years at Rome as general of his order; and died as abbot of Grodno in 1747. He is noted as the author of Specimen Ecclesice Ruthenicce (Rome, 1733, 8vo), a work which was dedicated to pope Clement XII, and is now hardly accessible. He wrote also II diaspro prodigioso di tre colori, ovvero narrazione istorica di tre immagqini miracolose della Beata Vergine Mariae (Rome, 1732, 12mo): — De Vitis Sanctorum divi Basilii magni (2 vols. folio, left in MS. form).-Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 28:270.