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Thomas the Slav wasn't called "the Slav" until 1000 years after he died
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Date: April 21st, 2026 11:47 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Most modern scholars support his Slavic descent and believe his birthplace to have been near Gaziura in the Pontus.[2][3] Hence his epithet of "the Slav", which has been applied to him in modern times, and not in medieval sources.[4]
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