Damian of Yuryev

Holy Damian of Yuryev is commemorated on 1 November, by the old calendar, as bishop of Yuryev, among the saints of Kyiv.

Archimandrite Leonid, in "Holy Russia", lists him among the saints of Kyiv as "Damian, bishop of Yuryev". In pre-⁠Mongol Russia only one bishop named Damian is known, the one of Yuryev, mentioned under the year 1147; probably the same, under the year 1154, is called bishop of Kaniv. The town of Yuryev is thought to have been ravaged by the Tatars in 1238. It is not known whether Bishop Damian of Yuryev and Damian of Kashira are one and the same; if they are different, nothing is known of the one of Yuryev. His name does not appear in the common service to the saints of Kyiv.