# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stefan-i-of-bulgaria
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:08:52.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stefan-i-of-bulgaria"
name: "Stefan I of Bulgaria"
slug: "stefan-i-of-bulgaria"
description: "Stefan I was a Bulgarian prelate. He was elected Metropolitan of Sofia in 1922 and, from 1945, also served as Exarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. He actively contributed to the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews in World War II. He was awarded Order of the White Eagle and other decorations."
tagline: "Bulgarian priest (1878-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1878-09-07"
deathDate: "1957-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.824264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "斯特凡一世 (保加利亚)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Стефан I Български"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I._(Exarch)"
    title: "Stefan I. (Exarch)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I_of_Bulgaria"
    title: "Stefan I of Bulgaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Ier_(exarque_bulgare)"
    title: "Stéphane Ier (exarque bulgare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%9F"
    title: "המטרופוליט סטפן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I_di_Bulgaria"
    title: "Stefan I di Bulgaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_(Szokow)"
    title: "Stefan (Szokow)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tefan_%C8%98okov"
    title: "Ștefan Șokov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2)"
    title: "Стефан (Шоков)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I_(exark)"
    title: "Stefan I (exark)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2713806"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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