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Vissarion (
Greek : Βησσαρίων ,
Russian : Виссарион ) οr Visarion (
Serbian Cyrillic : Висарион ) is a Greek male name, which may refer to:
Saint
Bessarion of Egypt , also Bessarion the Great or Passarion, Egyptian anchorite, thaumaturge and abbot, pupil of
Saint Anthony the Great
Basilios Bessarion (1403–1472), Greek scholar, Catholic cardinal and Latin patriarch of Constantinople
Visarion, Metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602)
Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), Russian literary critic
Visarion Ljubiša (1823–1884), Metropolitan of Montenegro (s. 1882–84)
Vissarion Dzhugashvili (1849–1909), father of
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Visarion Puiu (1879–1964), born as Victor Puiu, Romanian metropolitan bishop
Visarion Xhuvani (1890–1965), Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania (s. 1929–37)
Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935), Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician
Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963), Soviet Russian composer
Vissarion Korkoliacos (1908–1991), Greek Orthodox monk
Vissarion (born 1961 as Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop), Russian mystic