Tomb of Christian Bulgarian prince martyred by his brother excavated in Pliska

The grave of a prince who was to become the khan of Bulgaria but refused to deny Christ and was then martyred for it by his brother in the year 833, has been excavated in Pliska, Bulgaria. St. Boyan Enravota's tomb was known to have been on the grounds of the ruins of Europe's largest basilica.

Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that archaeologists found the tomb near a well in the basilica sacred to both pagans and Christians. At the time Enravota or Voin (Warrior) was elected to become khan, the Bulgarian state was still pagan, though there were many Christians living there. The people of the nation included Thracians, Slavs and Bulgars. The population of Christians was augmented in the early 9^th century when Khan Khrum the Fearsome captured Byzantine Christians and took them to Bulgaria as slaves.