Christian feast day: Vladimir the Great (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church)

Vladimir the Great

Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015

Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir.