Anthony of Siya

He founded the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery on the River Siya in modern Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

He married while a young man and was a normal peasant until after the death of his wife.

He did not stay there long and afterward became a wandering monk along the shores of the Arctic Ocean.

He received permission from Vasily III to erect monastic buildings on state land.

Vasily's grandson Ivan wrote a biography on Antony.