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Monk, scholar, theologian, and linguist (born Salonika?, Greece, 827; died Rome, February 4, 869). With his brother Methodius he is credited with inventing the Glagolitic alphabet a precursor to Cyrillic? and teaching it in Moravia. The two convinced the Pope that the Slavs needed the Bible in their own language.

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His work was later transmitted by his pupils who made the journey back from Moravia to Bulgaria. Cyril, however, did not invent the alphabet on Bulgarian territory.

Cyril was canonized as a saint by the Orthodox Church and is also called "apostle of the Slavs".

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