Neofit Rilski

Neofit Rilski
Неофит Рилски
Born
Nikola Poppetrov Benin
Никола Поппетров Бенин

1793 (1793)
DiedJanuary 4, 1881(1881-01-04) (aged 87–88)
NationalityOttoman, Bulgarian
Occupation(s)monk, artist, translator
Known forTranslating the first Bible into vernacular Bulgarian
Neofit Rilski gravestone in the Rila monastery, Bulgaria
Front cover of the first grammar book of the modern Bulgarian language by Rilski.

Neofit Rilski (Bulgarian: Неофит Рилски) or Neophyte of Rila (born Nikola Poppetrov Benin;[a] 1793 – January 4, 1881) was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.[1]


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  1. ^ Buchan, John, ed. (1924). "Bulgaria". Bulgaria and Romania: The Nations of Today; A New History of the World. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 30. Retrieved 21 June 2021 – via Internet Archive.