# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-of-rila
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:45:29.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-of-rila"
name: "John of Rila"
slug: "john-of-rila"
description: "Saint Ivan of Rila, also known as Ivan Rilski, was the first Bulgarian hermit. He was revered as a saint while he was still alive. The legend surrounding him tells of wild animals that freely came up to him and birds that landed in his hands. His followers founded many churches in his honor, including the famous Rila Monastery. One of these churches, Saint John of Rila was only discovered in 2008 in the town of Veliko Tarnovo. Today, he is honored as the patron saint of the Bulgarians and as one of the most important saints in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church."
tagline: "Bulgarian hermit (876–946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "876"
deathDate: "0946-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.22790533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Іван Рильський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ريلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иван Рилски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Rilski"
    title: "Iwan Rilski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Rila"
    title: "John of Rila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Rila"
    title: "Juan de Rila"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Rilalainen"
    title: "Ivan Rilalainen"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_de_Rila"
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    title: "Ioan de Rila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иоанн Рыльский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Rilski"
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    title: "Ivan Rilski"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351805"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump