Ulfilas
Pronunciation: /ˈʊlfɪlas/
(also Wulfila)
Definition of Ulfilas
- (circa 311-circa 381), bishop and translator. Believed to be of Cappadocian descent, he became bishop of the Visigoths in 341. His translation of the Bible from Greek into Gothic (of which fragments survive) is the earliest known translation of the Bible into a Germanic language. Ulfilas is traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet, based on Latin and Greek characters.