List of Famous people born in Sofia Province, Bulgaria

Constantine of Kostenets

First Name Constantine
Last Name Kostenets
Born on January 1, 1380
Died on January 1, 1431 (aged 51)

Constantine of Kostenets, also known as Constantine the Philosopher, was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and chronicler, who spent most of his life in the Serbian Despotate. He is best known for his biography of Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević, which George Ostrogorsky described as "the most important historical work of old Serbian literature", and for writing the first Serbian philological study, Skazanije o pismenah. He followed the writing style of the Old Serbian vita, first made popular in the Serbian scriptoria of the 12th century.

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