Bogomil (priest)
Bogomil was a 10th-century Bulgarian priest and heresiarch, who was connected with the origins of Bogomilism. Bogomil is a Theophoric name consisting of Bog and mil.
According to Cosmas the Priest, Bogomil first began to preach his beliefs in Bulgaria during the reign of the Peter I of Bulgaria, which indicates that Cosmas must have been writing later than 969. As with Cosmas, the life of Bogomil is shrouded in mystery and what little we know of him comes from the sermons written against him. There is some uncertainty about his relationship to Jeremiah or whether they are the same person. The statement that Jeremiah was "a son of Bogomil" may be an interpolation. His name is mentioned in the Book of Boril.
Bogomil Cove on Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Bogomil.
