Ulfilas

E105839

ChristianTheologian bishop historicalPerson missionary translator

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ulfilas canonical	14
Wulfila	4
Wulfila the Goth	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ChristianTheologian ⓘ bishop ⓘ historicalPerson ⓘ missionary ⓘ translator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ulfilas ⓘ surface form: Wulfila Ulfilas ⓘ surface form: Wulfila the Goth
associatedWithCity	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
associatedWithDoctrine	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian Christianity
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 (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicity	Gothic ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Bible translation ⓘ Christian mission ⓘ linguistics ⓘ
givenName	Ulfilas self-link ⓘ
influenced	Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Gothic Bible translation
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Gothic Christianity → associatedClergy → Ulfilas ⓘ

Gothic Christianity → associatedWithPerson → Ulfilas ⓘ

Gothic Christianity → hadMissionary → Ulfilas ⓘ

Gothic Christianity → scriptureTranslatedBy → Ulfilas ⓘ

Gothic language → translationAttributedTo → Ulfilas ⓘ

Goths → convertedBy → Ulfilas ⓘ

Gothic Bible → translator → Ulfilas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wulfila

Gothic Bible → attributedTo → Ulfilas ⓘ

Gothic Bible → writingSystemCreator → Ulfilas ⓘ

Ulfilas → givenName → Ulfilas self-link ⓘ

Ulfilas → alsoKnownAs → Ulfilas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wulfila

Ulfilas → alsoKnownAs → Ulfilas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wulfila the Goth

Gothic alphabet → creator → Ulfilas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wulfila

Gothic alphabet → standardizedBy → Ulfilas ⓘ

Codex Argenteus → associatedWith → Ulfilas ⓘ

The Last Legion → mainCharacter → Ulfilas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wulfila

Christianization of the Visigoths → involvedPerson → Ulfilas ⓘ