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.

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Generate an image of Saint Methodius (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 23
Saint Methodius the Confessor 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 (24)

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 ⓘ
Saint Naum of Ohrid → discipleOf → Saint Methodius ⓘ
UKIM → namedAfter → Saint Methodius ⓘ
Bulgarian Empire → significantFigure → Saint Methodius ⓘ
Saints Cyril and Methodius → hasPart → Saint Methodius ⓘ