Ulfilas was a 4th-century bishop and missionary of Cappadocian Greek descent who served as a primary religious leader for the Gothic people. Born around 311 in the region of Dacia, he was raised within a Christian diaspora living among the Goths. He is most famously recognized for his role in converting the Goths to Christianity and for his work in translating the Bible into the Gothic language. To facilitate this linguistic task, he developed a unique Gothic alphabet based on Greek, Latin, and Runic characters.