# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saint-benjamin-of-petrograd
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:21:57.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saint-benjamin-of-petrograd"
name: "Saint Benjamin of Petrograd"
slug: "saint-benjamin-of-petrograd"
description: "Benjamin of Petrograd, born Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky, was a hieromartyr under Soviet anti-religious persecution, a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and eventually Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdov from 1917 to 1922. Due to his role in leading nonviolent resistance to Soviet anti-religious legislation, Metropolitan Benjamin was martyred following a drumhead show trial and executed by a firing squad of the Soviet secret police. In April 1992 Benjamin was glorified (canonized) by the Russian Orthodox Church together with several other martyrs, including Archimandrite Sergius (Shein), Professor Yury Novitsky, and John Kovsharov, who were executed alongside him."
tagline: "Veniamin of Petersburg (1873–1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A1%D1%89%D0%BC%D1%87._%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1873-04-17"
deathDate: "1922-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.94420600858369
  historical:           9.441364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "彼得格勒的韦尼阿明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Άγιος Βενιαμίν Μητροπολίτης Πετρουπόλεως"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_of_Petrograd"
    title: "Benjamin of Petrograd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benyamin_dari_Petrograd"
    title: "Benyamin dari Petrograd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beniamin_(Kazanski)"
    title: "Beniamin (Kazanski)"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamim_de_Petrogrado"
    title: "Benjamim de Petrogrado"
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    title: "Веніамін (Казанський)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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