Andrew of Uglich

Holy Right-⁠believing Prince Andrew of Uglich (Andrew Vladimirovich, 1233? to 1261), an ascetic of piety, was prince of Uglich from 1249 or 1250 to 1261. The Laurentian Chronicle speaks of his death in 1261. More details of the prince are found in the "Uglich Chronicler" (about the 1780s).

He was the son of the prince of Uglich Vladimir Konstantinovich (died 1249 or 1250) and Princess Evdokia, the elder brother of the holy prince Roman Vladimirovich. During the Mongol-⁠Tatar invasion he hid with his parents at Great Novgorod. Having become prince of Uglich, he busied himself with restoring the city, devastated by "Batu's host", enlarged it greatly and built the second line of earthen fortifications. He was distinguished by almsgiving, which attracted people to settle in Uglich, and he restored and adorned churches. He died childless and was buried in the cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration at Uglich.

Local veneration arose probably in 1486, when, in the building of the new Transfiguration cathedral, the relics of his brother, the holy prince Roman, were found and his veneration began. During the Polish-⁠Lithuanian intervention the cathedral was burned, and with it the princes' burials. A memorial service for Andrew Vladimirovich is held on 4 July, the commemoration day of his namesake, Saint Andrew of Crete.