Rastislav

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Rastislav

Saint Rastic or Rastiz (in modern Slovak

Slovak language

The Slovak language , sometimes incorrectly called ?Slovakian?, is an Indo-European languages that belongs to the West Slavic languages .The Czech and Slovak languages are Mutual intelligibility which means that even after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia Czech may be used in all official proceedings and documents in Slovakia, and vice ver...
Rastislav) (died after 870) was the second ruler of Great Moravia

Great Moravia

Great Moravia was a Slavic people state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century. There is some controversy as to the actual location of its core territory....
between 846 and 870. He was canonized in October 1994 by the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church

Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church

The Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church traces its roots to the Czechoslovak Hussite Church of the 1920s. It was first headed by Matej Pavl?k, consecrated as Bishop Gorazd of Prague by the Serbian Orthodox Church, under whose authority the Church operated....
.

r Mojmír

Mojmír I

Mojm?r I was the first known prince of the ??ravian principality after the fall of Samo's Moravian empire and the first prince of Great Moravia ....
's death in 846, Rostislav was designated by East Francia king Louis the German

Louis the German

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Saint Rastic or Rastiz (in modern Slovak

Slovak language

Great Moravia

Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church

Life

After Mojmír

Mojmír I

Louis the German

Louis the German , was a grandson of Charlemagne and the third son of the succeeding Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye....
to become the head of Great Moravia. He assumed that Rostislav would cooperate with him just as his predecessor had.

After internal consolidation, Rostislav assumed the title of a king and tried to restrict the political influence of East Francia. Consequently Great Moravia was attacked by Louis in 855. However, the attack was not successful.

Because East Francia was spreading its influence through Frankish priests who preached in Latin, in 862 Rostislav asked Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
emperor Michael III

Michael III

Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
to send a bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
and teacher

Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
s who would bring the Gospel

Gospel

In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of the first four books of the New Testament that describe the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus....
to the Slavic peoples

Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
in their own language. The emperor decided to send the two brothers Cyril

Cyril

The name Cyrillus or Cyril or Cyryl is derived from Greek language ???????? , related to kyrios - lord, master.It is the name of several historic figures:...
and Methodius to lay the foundation of the Slavonic script which also became the script of Slavonic literature (see e.g. Glagolitic alphabet

Glagolitic alphabet

The Glagolitic alphabet , also known as Glagolitsa, is the oldest known Slavic peoples alphabet. The name was not coined until many centuries after its creation, and comes from the Old Slavic glagol? "utterance" ....
).

In 864 Louis the German again attacked Rastislav, this time successfully. Rostislav had to acknowledge the supremacy of Eastern Frankish realm over his kingdom.

In 870, after growing disagreement between Rastislav and his nephew Svatopluk

Svatopluk I

Svatopluk I from the House of Mojm?r was the prince of the Principality of Nitra and then the king of Great Moravia . Under his rule Great Moravia reached its maximum territorial expansion....
, the latter made a deal with Carloman of Bavaria

Carloman of Bavaria

Carloman, was the eldest son of Louis the German, king of East Francia , and Hemma, daughter of the count Welf. He was duke of Bavaria from 876 and of Italy from 877 until he was incapacitated in 879 and died in 880....
(Louis's son) to exchange Rastislav for the promise that Svatopluk would rule Great Moravia. Louis the German blinded Rostislav and jailed him in a Bavarian monastery where he died in that same year.

The origin of his name

The form of his name ("rast-") is evidence for the fact that he was born somewhere in central Slovakia

Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
. Since "Rast" means "Grow" and "Slav" means "Glory," the name "Rastislav" can be translated as "Growing in glory."