Methodius

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Methodius is a Christian saint and missionary, best known as one of the "Apostles to the Slavs" alongside his brother Cyril for their role in spreading Christianity and developing the Glagolitic alphabet.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Methodius canonical 5
Methodius of Thessalonica 3
Methodius of Moravia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apostle to the Slavs
Christian saint
bishop
missionary
translator
alsoKnownAs Methodius of Thessalonica
linked to: Methodius

Saint Methodius
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Christianization of the Slavs
Great Moravia
canonizationStatus recognized as a saint
citizenship Byzantine Empire
coDeveloperOf Glagolitic alphabet
linked to: Glagolitic script
collaboratedWith Cyril
linked to: Saint Cyril
countryOfMission Great Moravia
Pannonia
Slavic lands
denomination Eastern Christianity
developedWritingSystem Glagolitic alphabet
linked to: Glagolitic script
feastDay 11 May (some Eastern traditions with Cyril)
14 February (Eastern Orthodox date shared with Cyril)
7 July (Roman Catholic, with Cyril)
honorificTitle Equal-to-the-Apostles
influenced Old Church Slavonic liturgy
Slavic Christian literature
knownFor co-creating the Glagolitic alphabet
missionary work among the Slavs
spreading Christianity in Great Moravia
translating liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic
language Greek
Old Church Slavonic
linked to: Church Slavonic
occupation bishop
missionary
translator
patronage Europe
Slavic peoples
linked to: Slavs

ecumenism between East and West
placeOfBirth Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Byzantine monasticism
sibling Cyril
linked to: Saint Cyril
title Archbishop of Moravia and Pannonia
Archbishop of Sirmium
linked to: Bishop of Sirmium
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Churches
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Saint Methodius givenName Methodius
Saint Methodius alsoKnownAs Methodius of Thessalonica
linked to: Methodius
Saint Methodius alsoKnownAs Methodius of Moravia
linked to: Methodius
Methodius alsoKnownAs Methodius of Thessalonica
linked to: Methodius
Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia baptizedBy Methodius of Thessalonica
linked to: Methodius
Rastislav associatedWith Methodius