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Old Russian artist. Born in an unknown place (circa 1370). Lay brother of the St Sergius Monastery of the Trinity and then the St Andronikos Monastery of the Saviour in Moscow. Helped Theophanes the Greek to paint the Cathedral of the Annunication in the Moscow Kremlin (1405). Worked in Vladimir (1408). The famous Old Testament Trinity icon of the St Sergius Monastery of the Trinity is attributed to Rublev. Died at the St Andronikos Monastery of the Saviour in Moscow (1428). Canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church (1988). Feast day 4/17 July.