Ulfilas

E105839

Ulfilas was a 4th-century Gothic bishop and missionary best known for converting many Goths to Arian Christianity and creating the Gothic alphabet to translate the Bible.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ulfilas canonical 23
Wulfila 5
Wulfila the Goth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ChristianTheologian ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
historicalPerson ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
translator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wulfila ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas

Wulfila the Goth ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas
associatedWithCity Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
associatedWithEmpire Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Goths ⓘ
birthDate c. 311 ⓘ
centuryActive 4th century ⓘ
culturalImpact preservation of the Gothic language ⓘ
spread of Arian Christianity among Germanic peoples ⓘ
deathDate c. 383 ⓘ
deathPlace Constantinople ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicity Gothic ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bible translation ⓘ
Christian mission ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
givenName Ulfilas ⓘ
influenced Germanic Christianization ⓘ
Gothic Christianity ⓘ
knownFor converting many Goths to Arian Christianity ⓘ
creating the Gothic alphabet ⓘ
missionary work among the Goths ⓘ
translating the Bible into Gothic ⓘ
languageCreated Gothic alphabet ⓘ
notableFor one of the earliest translators of the Bible into a Germanic language ⓘ
notableWork Gothic Bible translation ⓘ
linked to: Gothic Bible
occupation BibleTranslator ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
partOf early Christian Church history ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Arian bishop ⓘ
religiousTitle Bishop of the Goths ⓘ
roleInHistory early Germanic Christian missionary ⓘ
scriptDevelopedFor Gothic language ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Arianism ⓘ
translationLanguage Gothic ⓘ
translationOf Bible ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goths → convertedBy → Ulfilas ⓘ
Gothic Bible → translator → Ulfilas ⓘ
Gothic Bible → translator → Wulfila ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas
Gothic Bible → attributedTo → Ulfilas ⓘ
Ulfilas → givenName → Ulfilas ⓘ
Ulfilas → alsoKnownAs → Wulfila ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas
Ulfilas → alsoKnownAs → Wulfila the Goth ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas
Gothic alphabet → creator → Ulfilas ⓘ
Gothic alphabet → creator → Wulfila ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas
The Last Legion → mainCharacter → Wulfila ⓘ
linked to: Ulfilas
Wulf (name element) → componentOfGivenName → Wulfila ⓘ
subject linked to: wulf (wolf)
linked to: Ulfilas
Gothic → notableTranslator → Ulfilas ⓘ
Gothic → writingSystemCreator → Ulfilas ⓘ
Bishop of the Goths → heldBy → Ulfilas ⓘ