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Symeon of Polotsk

Symeon of Polotsk
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Symeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky was an academically-trained Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener of Belarusian descent who came from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Tsardom of Russia.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Georg Eberhard RumphiusOctober 1627 – June 13, 1702
  2. Jacques Bénigne BossuetSeptember 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704
  3. Symeon of Polotsk (this page)December 12, 1629 – August 25, 1680
  4. Isaac BarrowOctober 1630 – May 4, 1677
  5. Olaus RudbeckSeptember 13, 1630 – September 17, 1702
  6. Anne ConwayDecember 14, 1631 – February 18, 1679

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