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The baptismal name Peter cost Yaropolk eleven years of exile
A Rurikid prince kneels before Pope Gregory VII and offers the Ruthenian kingdom to Saint Peter - what did it cost him?
The baptismal name Peter cost Yaropolk eleven years of exile
In this episode, we follow Yaropolk Iziaslavich - called Peter in Latin sources - and the extraordinary choices that sent him from Kiev to Rome and back into dynastic war. The episode traces his pilgrimage, the papal correspondence that restored his father, and the ripples that followed: what does a prince trade when he uses his baptismal name as a pledge?
Person: Yaropolk Iziaslavich (baptismal name Peter)
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