What is Saint Naum famous for?

Saint Naum is celebrated as one of the Seven Slavic Saints who created and spread the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets. His work as a Bulgarian writer and missionary helped establish Slavic literacy and religious evangelism.

What writing system is Saint Naum associated with?

He is directly associated with the Cyrillic script, which was developed in Bulgaria around 870 AD and used for various oriental Eurasian languages. He also contributed to the Glagolitic alphabet.

Who are the Seven Slavic Saints?

The Seven Slavic Saints are a group recognized as the creators and proliferators of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets. Saint Naum is counted among them, representing Bulgaria's contribution to Slavic literary and religious heritage.

What was Saint Naum's nationality?

He was Bulgarian, and his work is tied to Bulgaria as the country of origin for the alphabet developments he helped advance.

Saint Naum

Bulgarian writer & missionary

Person human Q350061

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Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: 830
Date of death: December 23, 910
Place of birth: First Bulgarian Empire
Place of death: Ohrid
Occupation: writer, missionary
Position held: apostle^[7]
Religion or worldview: Catholicism^[9]
Work location: Great Moravia, Ohrid^[13]^[14]
Student of: Saint Cyril the Philosopher, Methodius of Thessaloniki^[15]^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Slavic^[20]
Canonization status: thaumaturge^[11]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[21]
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Vita of Naum^[17]^[18]^[19]
Feast day: December 23^[12]
Member of: Seven Slavic Saints^[8]
P14536: 381616^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Saint Naum cs Svatý Naum cs Naum el Άγιος Ναούμ ο Θεοφόρος και Θαυματουργός el Άγιος Ναούμ el Ναούμ της Πρεσλάβας es Naum de Preslav he נאום הקדוש he הקדוש נאום he נאום מאוחריד hu Szent Naum it Naum di Ocrida it Naum di Ohrid it San Naum di Ohrid ja オフリドのナウム ja 聖ナウム nl Nahum van Ohrid nl Naum van Ohrid nl Naum van Preslav pl Naum Ochrydzki

🔖 Identifiers · 27

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VIAF cluster ID: 7249009
Library of Congress authority ID: nr91036484
GND ID: 119463393
BHCL UUID: ac83e96e-d9e3-4910-aa76-f1e0f6db9ee6
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 169928859
BioLexSOE ID: 1438
Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands ID: 53087
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00406174
De Agostini ID: Naum
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119463393
Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID: 2ef4

Show all 27 identifiers +15

FAST ID: 1836971
Freebase ID: /m/03_r55
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2251826
Heiligen.net ID: 12/23/12-23-0910-naum
IxTheo authority ID: 696157748
NL CR AUT ID: jn20000701298
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987014798017505171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810584856505606
Obálky knih ID: jn20000701298
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID: 2564754
Parsifal cluster ID: 946855
SK cinema authority ID: 0052576
Topic's main category: Category:Saint Naum
Treccani ID: santo-naum
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqw4Yg993wv9TcmwcpF8C

🔗 Connections

Occupation 2

writer, missionary

Student of 2

Methodius of Thessaloniki, Saint Cyril the Philosopher

Work location 2

Ohrid, Great Moravia

← Patron saint 2

Livoišta, Čanaklija

Canonization status 1

thaumaturge

Described by source 1

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Feast day 1

December 23

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Slavic

Member of 1

Seven Slavic Saints

Place of birth 1

First Bulgarian Empire

Place of death 1

Ohrid

Position held 1

apostle

Religion or worldview 1

Eastern Orthodoxy

Sex or gender 1

male

← Creator 1

Cyrillic script

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Summary

Saint Naum was born in 830^[1] in First Bulgarian Empire^[2]. He died on December 23, 910^[3], in Ohrid^[4]. He worked as a writer^[5] and missionary^[6].

FAQs

Where was Saint Naum born?

Saint Naum's place of birth was First Bulgarian Empire^[2].

Where did Saint Naum die?

Saint Naum died in Ohrid^[4].

What did Saint Naum do for work?

Saint Naum worked as a writer^[5] and missionary^[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Saint Naum — place of birth (P19): First Bulgarian Empire. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Saint Naum — place of death (P20): Ohrid. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Saint Naum — sex or gender (P21): male. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-08-29. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Saint Naum — position held (P39): apostle. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Saint Naum — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Saint Naum — occupation (P106): missionary. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Saint Naum — religion or worldview (P140): Catholicism. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Saint Naum — canonization status (P411): thaumaturge. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Saint Naum — member of (P463): Seven Slavic Saints. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Saint Naum — date of birth (P569): 830. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-15. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Saint Naum — date of death (P570): December 23, 910. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Saint Naum — feast day (P841): December 23. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Saint Naum — work location (P937): Great Moravia. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2021-09-07. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Saint Naum — work location (P937): Ohrid. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2021-09-07. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Saint Naum — student of (P1066): Saint Cyril the Philosopher. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Saint Naum — student of (P1066): Methodius of Thessaloniki. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Saint Naum — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Saint Naum — described by source (P1343): New Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Saint Naum — described by source (P1343): Vita of Naum. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Saint Naum — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Slavic. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-03-01. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Saint Naum — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Saint Naum — P14536 (P14536): 381616. wikidata.org.

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