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Gorazd

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Also known as: Saint Gorazd; Italian: Sveti Gorazd

GORAZD. - A disciple of St. Methodius, b. in 830, d. at Berat (Albania). Ordained a priest in Rome in 868, he went to Moravia, where he collaborated with St. Methodius in introducing the Slavic liturgy. St. Methodius designated him as his successor. As he was not acceptable either to Bishop Wicking of Nitra in Slovakia or to Svatopluk, in 886 he took refuge with the prince of the Bulgarians, Michael, and embraced the Greek schism, becoming the second archbishop of the Bulgarians. From that time on he was considered a saint by them. His feast is celebrated on 17 July. Through his work Bulgaria became the center of the Slavic liturgy and of the Glagolitic script.

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BIBL.: J. Martinov, Annal. eccl. Graeco-Slav., Bruxelles 1864, p. 179; C. J. Jireček, Geschichte der Bulgaren, Praga 1876; Fr. Hybl, Dejiny národa bulharského ("History of the Bulgarian people"), ivi 1930.

Stumpf Miroslav

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By Miroslav Stumpf

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 927.

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Stumpf, Miroslav. “Gorazd.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 927. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/gorazd-2.

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Stumpf, Miroslav. “Gorazd.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 927. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gorazd-2.

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@incollection{ec6_gorazd_2,
  author    = {Stumpf, Miroslav},
  title     = {Gorazd},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {927},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gorazd-2}
}

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