Saint Cyril

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Byzantine scholar Christian missionary Christian theologian linguist saint translator

Saint Cyril was a 9th-century Byzantine missionary and scholar, best known for creating the Glagolitic alphabet and helping to spread Christianity and literacy among the Slavic peoples.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cyril	10
Saint Cyril canonical	10
Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher	1
Saint Cyril the Philosopher	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine scholar ⓘ Christian missionary ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ linguist ⓘ saint ⓘ translator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saint Cyril ⓘ surface form: Cyril Saint Cyril ⓘ surface form: Saint Cyril the Philosopher
associatedWith	Christianization of the Balkans ⓘ surface form: Byzantine missions to the Slavs Great Moravia ⓘ
birthDate	9th century ⓘ
birthName	Constantin ⓘ surface form: Constantine
birthPlace	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica
church	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
coFeastDayWith	Saint Methodius ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate	14 February 869 ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
educatedAt	Istanbul University ⓘ surface form: University of Constantinople
ethnicGroup	Byzantine Greek ⓘ
feastDay	14 February ⓘ
fieldOfWork	linguistics ⓘ missionary work ⓘ theology ⓘ translation ⓘ
influenced	development of the Cyrillic script ⓘ
knownFor	creating the Glagolitic alphabet ⓘ mission to the Slavs ⓘ promoting literacy among the Slavs ⓘ spreading Christianity among the Slavic peoples ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
notableWork	creation of the Glagolitic alphabet ⓘ translation of liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
occupation	linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ philosopher ⓘ priest ⓘ scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ
partnerInMission	Saint Methodius ⓘ
patronage	Europe ⓘ Slavic peoples ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousName	Saint Cyril self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cyril
sibling	Saint Methodius ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church some Lutheran churches ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Cyrillic script → namedAfter → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Glagolitic script → creator → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Saint Cyril → alsoKnownAs → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Saint Cyril → alsoKnownAs → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Cyril the Philosopher

Saint Cyril → religiousName → Saint Cyril self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Saint Methodius → sibling → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Saint Methodius → collaboratedWith → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Cyril Radcliffe → givenName → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Christianization of the Balkans → hasKeyFigure → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Cyril Asquith → givenName → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Great Moravia → notablePerson → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Saint Clement of Ohrid → discipleOf → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Old Church Slavonic Bible → associatedWith → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Christian mission to Great Moravia → leader → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Equal-to-the-Apostles → appliedToExamples → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Methodius → sibling → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Methodius → collaboratedWith → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje → namedAfter → Saint Cyril ⓘ

Christianization of the Slavs → notableMissionary → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Christianization of the Slavs → notableMissionary → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher

Mission of Cyril and Methodius → hasMainParticipants → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril

Rastislav → associatedWith → Saint Cyril ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cyril