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Saint Naum

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Bulgarian writer & missionary

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

Discography

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Key facts

Born
c. 830 , Moesia , First Bulgarian Empire
Died
December 23, 910, Ohrid , First Bulgarian Empire
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church , Catholic Church
Major shrine
Monastery of Saint Naum in Ohrid ( Sveti Naum )
Feast
5 January and 3 July ( Julian calendar ), 20 May and 23 December ( Revised Julian calendar , Gregorian calendar )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of death
Ohrid
Occupation
missionary
Position held
apostle
Languages spoken
Slavic
Image
SaintNaum.jpg
Work location
Ohrid
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Commons category
Saint Naum
feast day
December 23
date of death
0910-12-23
canonization status
thaumaturge
date of birth
0830-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Southeastern Europe in the 9th century. Monastery of Saint Naum, resting place of Naum, located in North Macedonia Naum (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Свети Наум, romanized: Sveti Naum), also known as Naum of Ohrid or Naum of Preslav (c. 830 – December 23, 910), was a medieval Bulgarian writer and missionary among the Slavs, considered one of the Seven Apostles of the First Bulgarian Empire. He was among the disciples of Cyril and Methodius and is associated with the creation of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic script. Naum was among the founders of the Pliska Literary School. Afterwards Naum worked at the Ohrid Literary School. He was among the first saints declared by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church after its foundation in the 9th century. The mission of Naum played significant role by transformation of the local Early Slavs into Bulgarians.

Life

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