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Saint '''Andrei Rublev''' (1360? - [[January 29]], 1430) is considered one of the greatest [[iconographers]] of all-time. He lived in Russia and was also a monk. His [[feast day]] is [[July 4]].

Very ==Life and works==[[image:Rublev Trinity.jpg|right|thumb|Rublev's most famous icon depicts the three [[angels]] who appeared to [[Abraham]] and [[Righteous Sarah|Sarah]]. The angels are considered a type of the [[Holy Trinity]]; accordingly, this scene is the only one in which iconographers are allowed to depict [[God the Father]].]]Though very few details on of his life are known, and the first known reference tradition does give a basic outline. Andrei (commonly Andrew in English) went to his work appeared in 1405a monastery, called [[Holy Trinity]] Monastery, when he is said to have painted icons at a young age and frescoes in grew up there. He was greatly influenced by St [[Sergius of Radonezh]], the Cathedral [[igumen]] of the Annunciation in Moscow. Only one icon is credited as entirely Rublev's work - the '''Trinity''', or '''Hospitality of Abraham'''monastery.

Eventually Andrei decided to become a [[monk]], and with the blessing of the new igumen of his monastery traveled to another, the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, founded by St [[Andronicus]] ([[June 13]]). There he was tonsured a monk and began to study [[iconography]] under [[Theophanes the Greek]] and a monk named Daniel. The first known reference to his work appeared in 1405, when he is said to have written icons and frescoes in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow with Theophanes and another iconographer named Prochorus. In 1408 he and Daniel, his fellow monastic, painted frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir. Finally, he and Daniel were asked to paint the new church of Holy Trinity Monastery, where Andrei had grown up, after the monastery was destroyed by Tatars in 1408. This was about the time that he painted the only surviving icon credited as entirely his work - the '''Trinity''', or '''Hospitality of Abraham'''. Andrei Rublev reposed at Andronikov Monastery on January 29, 1430. He was canonized by the Church in 1988.

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