The sourced Wikipedia account of the ninth-century Thessalonican brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Apostles to the Slavs, covering their mission, their development of the Glagolitic alphabet ancestral to Cyrillic, Cyril's death and burial in Rome, and the church tradition around his relics. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a collaboratively edited reference article, used here to independently corroborate the basilica's own account of Cyril's burial and relics. Connections
Associated With
This source names Slavs directly: "and Methodius, the Apostles to the Slavs, covering their mission, their development of the Glagolitic alphabet ancestral to Cyrillic, Cyril's death and burial in Rome, and the church tradition..."
Source Cyril and Methodius, Wikipedia
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Historical Figures, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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