Saint Cyril

Saint Cyril may refer to:

  • Saint Cyril the Philosopher, believed to have co-invented the Glagolitic alphabet, the first Slavic alphabet, and translated the Bible into Old Church Slavonic
  • Saint Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 376 – 444), Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386), theologian and bishop
  • Saint Cyril of Turaw (1130 – 1182), Belorussian bishop and orthodox saint

Famous quotes containing the word saint:

    “The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.”
    —Georges Bataille (1897–1962)