# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maximus-the-greek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:41:09.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maximus-the-greek"
name: "Maximus the Greek"
slug: "maximus-the-greek"
description: "Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek, was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, and translator active in Russia. He is also called Maximos the Hagiorite, as well as Maximus the Philosopher. His signature was Maximus Grecus Lakedaimon and his family origins were probably from Mystras, a location in Laconia, which was the geographical site of Ancient Sparta in the Peloponnese. Canonised in 1988, he is venerated as a saint by Eastern Orthodox Christians; with a feast day on 21 January."
tagline: "Greek monk and scholar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1475"
deathDate: "1556-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.84018133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Maksim Grek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "مكسيموس اليوناني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماكسيموس ذا جريك"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Максім Грэк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maxim Grek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μάξιμος ο Γραικός"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "막심 트리볼리스"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Максим Грек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maksim Grk"
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  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Grek"
    title: "Maxim Grek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mihal Trivoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Максим Грк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138302"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump