Saint Methodius

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9th-century Christian theologian Apostle to the Slavs Byzantine missionary Catholic saint Christian saint Eastern Orthodox saint archbishop

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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Saint Methodius the Confessor	0	1

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 → surface form: Methodius of Moravia Methodius → surface form: Methodius of Thessalonica Saint Methodius → surface form: Saint Methodius the Confessor
associatedWith	Byzantine Empire → Great Moravia → Salonika → surface form: Thessalonica
canonizationStatus	pre-congregation →
church	Eastern Orthodox Christianity → surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism → surface form: Roman Catholic Church
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 → Church Slavonic → surface form: Old Church Slavonic
movement	Christianization of the Balkans → surface form: 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 Christianity → surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism → surface form: Lutheran Church Roman Catholicism → surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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

Saint Methodius → alsoKnownAs → Saint Methodius →

this entity surface form: Saint Methodius the Confessor

Cyrillic script → associatedWith → Saint Methodius →

Saint Cyril → coFeastDayWith → Saint Methodius →

Glagolitic script → creator → Saint Methodius →

Great Moravia → notablePerson → Saint Methodius →

Saint Cyril → partnerInMission → Saint Methodius →

Saint Cyril → sibling → Saint Methodius →