Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Empires, Dynasties, Catholic Church, Catholics, Saints, Prophets, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Western Civilization/European History
Article abstract: Through their spiritual commitment, Cyril and Methodius expanded Christianity in central and eastern Europe and established the foundations of Slavic culture and literature with the development of the Glagolitic alphabet.
Early Lives
The brothers Constantine (Cyril was a religious name taken just before his death) and Methodius were born in the Greek city of Thessalonica (modern Salonika). At the time, Thessalonica was the second most important city of the Byzantine Empire and the provincial capital of the region to the west of...
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