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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Clement of Ohrid

840 - 916

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Clement or Kliment of Ohrid (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Климент Охридски, Kliment Ohridski; Greek: Κλήμης τῆς Ἀχρίδας, Klḗmēs tē̂s Akhrídas; Slovak: Kliment Ochridský; c. 830 – 916) was one of the first medieval Bulgarian saints, scholar, writer, and apostle to the Slavs. He was one of the most prominent disciples of Cyril and Methodius and is often associated with the creation of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts, especially their popularisation among Christianised Slavs. He was the founder of the Ohrid Literary School and is regarded as a patron of education and language by some Slavic people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clement of Ohrid has received more than 258,732 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Clement of Ohrid is the 394th most popular religious figure (down from 376th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Clement of Ohrid is most famous for the Council of Preslav, which was convened in 893 to discuss the use of the Old Slavonic language in the liturgy.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Clement of Ohrid ranks 394 out of 2,238Before him are Pope Leo II, Thecla, Pope Adrian III, Pope Benedict VII, Pope John XI, and Pope John XVII. After him are Talhah, James the Less, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Lando, Joel, and Pope Stephen III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Clement of Ohrid ranks 2Before him is Michael III. After him are Pope Theodore II, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Wilfred the Hairy, Richardis, Notker the Stammerer, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Hucbald, Eudokia Ingerina, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 916, Clement of Ohrid ranks 1After him is Theodora.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Clement of Ohrid ranks 165 out of 1,301Before him are Constans II (630), Isaac II Angelos (1155), Thecla (100), Constantine V (718), Michael I Rangabe (770), and Arrian (89). After him are Evliya Çelebi (1611), Abdullah Gül (1950), Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Al-Battani (858), Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297), and Pope John VII (650).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Turkey

Among religious figures born in Turkey, Clement of Ohrid ranks 25Before him are Ephrem the Syrian (306), Simeon Stylites (389), Pope Vitalian (600), Saint Nino (296), Saint Timothy (17), and Thecla (100). After him are Pope John VII (650), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), Pope John V (635), Pope Sabinian (530), Theodore of Amasea (300), and Gregory Palamas (1296).