Cyril and Methodius
c. 826 – 869 / 815 – 885 · Thessaloniki / Great Moravia
Biography
Brothers from Thessaloniki sent to evangelize the Slavs; created the Glagolitic alphabet and translated the liturgy into Slavonic.
Writings
- Slavonic liturgical translations
- Old Church Slavonic Bible fragments
Influence
Enabled Slavic Christianity to worship in its own tongue centuries before the Reformation raised the question in the West.