Gheorghe Movilă

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Gheorghe Movilă was a Moldavian Orthodox bishop and metropolitan from the influential Movilă family, known for his patronage of religious art and architecture in the late 16th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox bishop
Moldavian cleric
human
metropolitan bishop
activeInPeriod late 16th century
associatedWith Moldavian cultural renaissance in the 16th century
centuryOfActivity 16th century
clericalRank metropolitan
countryOfCitizenship Principality of Moldavia NERFINISHED
era post-medieval Moldavia
familyName Movilă NERFINISHED
heritage Romanian
languageOfWorkOrName Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
Romanian
memberOf Movilă family NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Movilă family NERFINISHED
notableFor patronage of church architecture
patronage of religious art
support of Orthodox monasticism
occupation bishop
metropolitan
patronage construction of churches
decoration of monasteries
religious painting
placeOfActivity Iași NERFINISHED
Moldavia NERFINISHED
positionHeld Metropolitan of Moldavia NERFINISHED
Orthodox bishop in Moldavia
region Eastern Europe
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousDenomination Moldavian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
religiousOrder secular clergy
socialClass boyar nobility
sphereOfInfluence Orthodox Church in Moldavia NERFINISHED

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Sucevița Monastery foundedBy Gheorghe Movilă