Bishop Wulfila

Bishop Wulfila
noun
a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)
Syn: ↑Ulfilas, ↑Bishop Ulfilas, ↑Ulfila, ↑Bishop Ulfila, ↑Wulfila
Instance Hypernyms: ↑bishop, ↑interpreter, ↑translator

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