his fortresses. Louis the German had Rastislav presented to him bound with a heavy chain. While the assembled Franks, Bavarians, and Slavs condemned Rastislav to death for treason, the king commuted his punishment to blinding and imprisonment. Rastislav died in prison. Rastislav was canonised in 1994 by the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church in Prešov. See also Alternative theories of the location of Great Moravia Great Moravia Louis the German Mojmir I Saints Cyril and Methodius Svatopluk I Notes References Sources Kantor, Marvin (1983). Medieval Slavic Lives of Saints and Princes. The University of Michigan Press. . Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (2005). A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival. Palgrave. . Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (2007). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia. Scarecrow Press, Inc. . Sommer, Petr; Třeštík, Dušan; Žemlička, Josef; Opačić, Zoë (2007). Bohemia and Moravia. In: Berend, Nora (2007); Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus’, c. 900–1200; Cambridge University Press; . Spiesz, Anton; Caplovic, Dusan; Bolchazy, Ladislaus J. (2006). Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. . Year of birth unknown 9th-century deaths 9th-century rulers in Europe Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox monarchs Great Moravia 9th-century Slavs 9th-century people from East Francia Slavic warriors Eastern Orthodox royal saints