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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Yusik, katholikos of Armenia

Saint ID

S00068

Reported Death Not Before

347

Reported Death Not After

341

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00152The Epic Histories (12.3), traditionally attributed to P'awstos, recount the martyrdom of the Katholikos *Yusik (katholikos of Armenia, S00068) in c. 350, for rebuking king Tiran, and his burial next to his father *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251). Written in Armenian in the second half of the 5th c.