Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival
1793 CE
to 1881 CE
Neofit Rilski (Bulgarian: Неофит Рилски) or Neophyte of Rila (born Nikola Poppetrov Benin;1793 – January 4, 1881) was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.