John of Rila

876 – 946 Bulgaria

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Who was John of Rila?

Bulgarian hermit (876–946)

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on John of Rila (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

January 1, 0876

Died

946

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