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| Wulfila or Ulfilas | |
Page of the Silver Codex version of Ulfilas' Gothic Bible | |
| Born | c. 311 in Europe |
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| Died | 383 in Constantinople |
| Other names | Urphilas, Uphila |
| Ordained | 330 |
| Writings | translated the Bible into Gothic |
| Congregations served | Goths and other Teutonic tribes |
| Offices held | Bishop of the Goths |
| Title | Apostle of the Goths |
| Children | (adopted) Auxentius of Milan |
Wulfila (Gothic: "Little wolf" or Latin: Ulfilas/Ulphilas) (c.
311 - 380 C.E.) was the apostle of the Goths, missionary, translator of the Bible, and inventor of the first Gothic alphabet. He was probably descended from Christians of Anatolia who were brought to Europe after being captured by the Goths.
He was sent to Constantinople as a young man by the Goths as either an ambassador or a hostage, and was ordained a bishop by Eusebius of Nicomedia at the height of the Arian controversy. He then returned to the Goths in Dacia to work as a missio
