CLEMENTE of OCRIDA, saint. — Called “the Slav” or “the Bulgarian,” bishop, died in 916. He accompanied SS. Cirillo and Metodio on the mission to Moravia. After the death of St. Metodio (885), C., Naum, Angelario, Costantino, and other disciples, expelled from Moravia, were received in Bulgaria by King Boris (852–89). There they created two literary centers, one directed by Naum, near Preslav, the other at Devol (today Albania), directed by C. In 893 Tsar Simeone (893–927) appointed C. bishop of Velitsa. C. had approximately 3,500 disciples at his school. He was buried in the monastery he had founded on Lake Ocrida, hence the name C. of O.
To C., who began his writings in Moravia, are attributed the Life of St. Costantino-Cirillo, that of St. Me-
