Ioann Maksimovich, Metropolitan of Tobolsk and All Siberia, 1651-1715

found: His T︠S︡arskiīĭ putʹ kresta Gospodni︠a︡, 1989:p. 1 (... Arkhīepiskopom Chernigovskim Īoannom Maksimovichem; later Metropolitan of Tobolʹsk and of Siberia, d. 6-10-1715)

found: Iliotropion, ili, Soobrazovanie chelovecheskoĭ voli s Bozhestvennoi︠u︡ volei︠u︡, 1994:t.p. (Vysokopreosvi︠a︡shchenneĭshego blazhennoĭ pami︠a︡ti Mitropolita tobolʹskogo i vsei︠a︡ Sibiri)

found: Russian Brockhaus:v. 13, p. 674 (Īoann (Maksimovich), mitropolit tobolʹskīĭ (1651-1715), a native of Ni︠e︡zhin, he was educated at the Kīevskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡. In 1695 he became a bishop and later was elevated to arkhīepiskop chernigovskīĭ. In 1711 Peter the Great assigned Īoann to the Tobolʹskai︠a︡ kaḟedra as Mitropolit vsei︠a︡ Sibiri. He was the author of several works)

found: Encyc. of Ukraine:v. 3, p. 284 (Maksymovych, Ioan [Maksymovyč], b. 1651 in Nizhen, d. 10 July 1715 in Tobolsk, Siberia. Orthodox churchman, missionary, and writer. He graduated (1669) from and then taught at the Kievan Mohyla Academy before entering the Kievan Cave Monastery. He became hegumen of the Yeletskyi Dormition Monastery in Chernihiv (1696) and then Archbishop of Chernihiv (1697). In 1700 he founded Chernihiv College with the support of I Mazepa. In 1711 Tsar Peter I named him Metropolitan of Siberia, with his see in Tobolsk, where he conducted missionary work among the various Siberian peoples)

found: Svi︠a︡tytelʹ narodyvsi︠a︡ v Niz︠h︡yni, 2001:t.p. (Sv. Ioanna Maksymovycha, Svi︠a︡tyteli︠a︡ Tobolʹsʹkoho) p. 3 (Ioann (Maksymovych), mytropolyt Tobolʹsʹkyĭ; 1651-1715)