Person

Naum of Ohrid

c. 830–910 · 9th century · Also known as Saint Naum

Naum of Ohrid (c. 830–910) was a Slavonic scholar and one of the disciples of Cyril and Methodius expelled from Moravia in 885–886. Received in Bulgaria by Boris I, he taught at Preslav and later succeeded Clement as teacher in the region of Ohrid. He founded the monastery on the shore of Lake Ohrid that bears his name and in which he is buried.

Naum of Ohrid
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