Saint Naum
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| Свети Наум Преславски Свети Наум Охридски Saint Naum of Preslav Saint Naum of Ohrid |
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 Icon of Saint Naum of Ohrid |
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| The Wonderworker, Apostle of the Slavs | |
| Born | ca. 830 |
| Died | December 23, 910, Ohrid, First Bulgarian Empire (present-day Republic of Macedonia) |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Monastery of Saint Naum in Ohrid (Sveti Naum) |
| Feast | June 20 and December 23 |
| Patronage | People with mental disorders and/or other illnesses[2] |
Saint Naum of Preslav (Bulgarian: Свети Наум Преславски, IPA: [sveˈti na.ˈum preˈslavski]) (or also known as Saint Naum of Ohrid) (c. 830 - December 23, 910) was a medieval Bulgarian[1][2] scholar, writer and teacher. Information about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgarian empire is scarce. According to the hagiography of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius by Saint Clement of Ohrid, Naum took part in their mission to Great Moravia and in 867 or 868 became a priest in Rome.
In 885 Naum was expelled from Great Moravia after spending some time in prison for his resistance to the German clergy there. The same or the following year Naum reached Pliska together with Clement of Ohrid, Angelarius and maybe Gorazd (according to other sources, Gorazd was already dead by that time).
Naum was one of the founders of the Pliska Literary School (later Preslav Literary School) where he worked between 886 and 893. After Clement was ordained bishop of Drembica (Velika) in 893, Naum continued Clement’s work at the Ohrid Literary School. In 905 Naum founded a monastery at Lake Ohrid, which later received his name.
St. Naum Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for Saint Naum.
[edit] See also
- History of Bulgaria
- History of the Republic of Macedonia
- History of the region of Macedonia
- List of Bulgarians
- Clement of Ohrid
- Ohrid Literary School
- Preslav Literary School
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[edit] References
- ^ Житие на Свети Наум; in English: Life story of Saint Naum
- ^ Obolensky, Dimitri (1994). Byzantium and the Slavs. St Vladimir's Seminary Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 088141008X.[1]
