Stefan of Perm
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| Born | 1340 or 1345 ( Veliki Ustjug ) |
| Deceased | April 26, 1396 ( Moscow ) |
| Holiday | 26th of April |
Stefan von Perm (also Stephan von Perm; Russian Стефан Пермский , Stefan Permski; * 1340 or 1345 in or near Veliky Ustyug ; † April 26, 1396 in Moscow , canonized in 1547) was bishop of Little Perm since 1383 . He is considered the apostle of the Syrian (Komi) . Around 1372 he created the ancient Permian script for the translation of biblical and liturgical texts , the second oldest alphabet of an Uralic language (after the ancient Hungarian script ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Janet Martin, Medieval Russia, 980-1584 , (Cambridge, 1995), p. 225
- ↑ St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm. (No longer available online.) Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Leipzig, archived from the original on December 28, 2015 ; Retrieved October 19, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
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| SURNAME | Stefan of Perm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stephen of Perm; Стефан Пермский (Russian); Перымса Стефан (komi) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Little Perm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1340 or 1345 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veliky Ustyug |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1396 |
| Place of death | Moscow |