Methodius

Methodius and Cyril, who were sent missionaries to the Sclavonians in the ninth century.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Pacheco relates a remarkable effect produced by a picture from the pencil of Methodius, who resided at Constantinople about 854.
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)|S. Spooner
And Methodius seized the opportunity of preaching to him righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould
Evidently, moreover, the theological language of the homily is of a period long subsequent to the date assigned to Methodius.
Primitive Christian Worship|James Endell Tyler

On the works once ascribed to Methodius, but now pronounced to be spurious, see above, p. 131.
Primitive Christian Worship|James Endell Tyler

British Dictionary definitions for Methodius

Methodius

/ (mɛˈθəʊdɪəs) /

noun

Saint, with his younger brother Saint Cyril called the Apostles of the Slavs. 815–885 ad, Greek Christian theologian sent as a missionary to the Moravians. Feast day: Feb 14 or May 11

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