Boris Georgiyevich Rotov
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 Boris Georgiyevich Rotov    (priest) | |
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| Born | Boris Georgiyevich Rotov 15 October 1929 Frolovo, Korablinsky District, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
| Died | 5 September 1978 (Age 48) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
| Victim of | premature death |
Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Leningrad until his premature death at age 48 at the Vatican. | |
Metropolitan Nikodim (secular name Boris Georgiyevich Rotov) was the Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod from 1963 until his death.
Death
Nikodim collapsed and died in1978 while in Rome for the installation of Pope John Paul I. The new pope, who died - possibly assassinated - a few weeks later, prayed over him in his final moments.[1]
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