Leonti (Patriarch)

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Leonti ( Bulgarian Леонтий Български , transcribed Leontij Balgarski ) was the first patriarch of Bulgaria.

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Born in Preslav , he was patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 917 to 927 .

literature

Gerhard Podskalsky : Theological literature of the Middle Ages in Bulgaria and Serbia. 865-1459. CH Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-45024-5 , pp. 77-80.