Saint Methodius

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Saint Methodius was a 9th-century Byzantine missionary and scholar, venerated as one of the "Apostles to the Slavs" for his role in spreading Christianity and Slavic literacy alongside his brother Saint Cyril.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Methodius canonical 14
Saint Methodius the Confessor 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century Christian theologian
Apostle to the Slavs
Byzantine missionary
Catholic saint
Christian saint
Eastern Orthodox saint
archbishop
alsoKnownAs Methodius of Moravia
linked to: Methodius

Methodius of Thessalonica
linked to: Methodius

Saint Methodius the Confessor
linked to: Saint Methodius
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Great Moravia
Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
canonizationStatus pre-congregation
church Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
collaboratedWith Saint Cyril
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
deathPlace Great Moravia
ethnicGroup Byzantine Greek
feastDay 11 May
14 February
24 May
fieldOfWork Bible translation
Christian mission
Slavic Christianization
liturgical translation
givenName Methodius
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
Old Church Slavonic
linked to: Church Slavonic
movement Christianization of the Slavs
notableFor developing Slavic literary culture
promoting Slavic liturgy
spreading Christianity among the Slavs
notableWork Christian mission to Great Moravia
translation of liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic
translation of parts of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic
occupation bishop
missionary
scholar
translator
patronage Europe
Slavic peoples
ecumenism
religion Christianity
sibling Saint Cyril
title Apostle to the Slavs
Equal-to-the-Apostles
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Church
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (15)

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

Cyrillic script associatedWith Saint Methodius
Glagolitic script creator Saint Methodius
Saint Cyril sibling Saint Methodius
Saint Cyril partnerInMission Saint Methodius
Saint Cyril coFeastDayWith Saint Methodius
Saint Methodius alsoKnownAs Saint Methodius the Confessor
linked to: Saint Methodius
Great Moravia notablePerson Saint Methodius
Saint Clement of Ohrid discipleOf Saint Methodius
Old Church Slavonic Bible associatedWith Saint Methodius
Equal-to-the-Apostles appliedToExamples Saint Methodius
Methodius alsoKnownAs Saint Methodius
Svatopluk I supportedMissionOf Saint Methodius