Charitina of Lithuania

Charitina of Lithuania (died 1281) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast is on October 5. Because her hagiography did not survive, very little is known about her life.^[1] Charitina was a noblewoman from the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania who became a nun in Novgorod.^[2] Possibly she was arranged to marry a Prince of Novgorod.^[3] In Novgorod she entered Monastery of Saints Peter and Paul.^[3] There she earned the reputation of piousness and became an abbess.^[3] In 2009, Lithuanian historian Algimantas Bučys raised hypothesis that she might be a daughter of Tautvilas, who escaped to Novgorod after her father's murder.^[2]

References

1. ^ (Lithuanian) Kutkaitytė, Monika (2009-10-11). "Istoriniai tyrinėjimai leido atrasti naują pradžią". Technologijos.lt. http://www.technologijos.lt/n/mokslas/istorija_ir_archeologija/straipsnis?name=straipsnis-9399. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b} (Lithuanian) Girdzijauskas, Vytautas (2010-01-29). "Vis dar vienišas". Šiaurės Atėnai. http://news.penki.lt/news.aspx?Lang=LT&Element=News&TopicID=35&IMAction=ViewArticle&ArticleID=224547. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Walsh, Michael (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. Liturgical Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780814631867. http://books.google.com/books?id=8mUJ58SMMhEC&pg=PA118. 

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Name	Charitina Of Lithuania
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Date of death	1281
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