Methodius

E158870

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
surface form: Methodius of Thessalonica

Saint Methodius
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Christianization of the Slavs
Great Moravia
canonizationStatus recognized as a saint
citizenship Byzantine Empire
coDeveloperOf Glagolitic script
surface form: Glagolitic alphabet
collaboratedWith Saint Cyril
surface form: Cyril
countryOfMission Great Moravia
Pannonia
Slavic cultural sphere
surface form: Slavic lands
denomination Eastern Christianity
developedWritingSystem Glagolitic script
surface form: Glagolitic alphabet
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
Church Slavonic
surface form: Old Church Slavonic
occupation bishop
missionary
translator
patronage Europe
Slavs
surface form: Slavic peoples

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

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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
this entity surface form: Methodius of Thessalonica
Saint Methodius alsoKnownAs Methodius
this entity surface form: Methodius of Moravia
Methodius alsoKnownAs Methodius
this entity surface form: Methodius of Thessalonica
Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia baptizedBy Methodius
this entity surface form: Methodius of Thessalonica
Rastislav associatedWith Methodius