Коронация Даниила Галицкого: Никея и Рим во внешней политике галицко-волынских князей
The Coronation of Daniel Galitsky:мNicaea and Rome in the foreign policy of Galicia-Volynian Princes

Summary/Abstract: The article reviews the history of the coronation of Daniil Galitsky and Church Union in 1253. These events took place against the background of the negotiations on the union of Eastern and Western churches, which led the emperor of Nicaea John III Vatats and Pope Innocent IV. Ambassador Pope Abbot Opiza of Mezan came to Russia to conclude a union of church and coronation Daniel simultaneously with sending of Nicea in Rome Embassy of the emperor, headed by Metropolitan George of Kizik and Andronicus of Sardy for the conclusion of the union of Eastern and Western churches. Delay the coronation ceremony of Daniel Galitsky has been associated with waiting for news from Nicaea to finalizing terms of the union. There is no reason to believe that the coronation of Daniel and the Church Union with Rome meant a complete break in relations with the Byzantine (Nicaea), Empire and the reorientation of foreign policy of Galicia-Volhynia Russia to the West.

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