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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Methodius canonical 14
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 ⓘ
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Methodius the Confessor
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 ⓘ