saint

St Cyril, Apostle to the Slavs

Κύριλλος ὁ Φιλόσοφος · Равноапостольный Кирилл

Ninth-century missionary brother (c. 827–869) from Thessalonica who, with his brother Methodius, evangelised the Slavonic peoples in their own language and devised the Glagolitic alphabet (the precursor of Cyrillic). Patron of Europe. Feast day 11 May (with Methodius).

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