Name
Hripsimē, virgin and martyr of Armenia
Saint ID
S00071
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00121 | Movsēs Xorenac'i's History of Armenia (2.91) recounts the final days and death of *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251), the recovery of his relics, and their burial in the village of T'ordan. Written in Armenian and traditionally considered a 5th c. text, but probably of the early 8th c. | E00133 | The History of the Albanians (1.29) recounts the martyrdom by the Huns of *T'aguhi (martyr in Caucasian Albania, S00598), an Albanian noble woman; of the subsequent conversion of the Huns, and of the collection of her relics. Written in Armenian, probably in Caucasian Albania, possibly in the 6th c. or 7th c. | E00460 | The Armenian History (25), attributed to Sebeos, tells of the restoration of the church of *Hripsimē (Armenian virgin and martyr of Roman origin, S00071) by the Armenian Katholikos Komitas in the early 7th c. and the miracles that followed the accidental discovery of the relics of the saint. Written in Armenian in the second half of the 7th c. | E00500 | Agathangelos' History of Armenia, also known as the History and Life of St Gregory, tells the story, set in the early 4th c., of *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251) retrieving the bodies of the virgins *Hripsimē (Armenian virgin and martyr of Roman origin, S00071) and *Gayanē (Armenian martyr and companion of Hripsimē, S00260). Written in Armenian in the middle of the 5th c. | E00613 | Movsēs Xorenac'i's History of Armenia (2.8) recounts the story, set in the early 4th c., of the conversion of Iberia (Georgia) through the work of *Nunē/Nino (enlightener of Georgia, S00072), here presented as a companion of the Armenian martyr *Hripsimē (Armenian virgin and martyr of Roman origin,S00071), aided by *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251). Written in Armenian and traditionally considered a 5th c. text, but probably of the early 8th c. | E00888 | The History of the Albanians (1.21) recounts the miraculous discovery of the relics of *Grigoris (katholikos and martyr in Caucasian Albania, ob. early 4th c., S00062), grandson of Gregory the Illuminator, by the Albanian King Vačagan III, involving an elaborate procession with the relics of saints *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), *Pantaleon (martyr of Nicomedia, S00596), *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251) and *Hripsimē (Armenian virgin and martyr of Roman origin, S00071) and *Gayanē (Armenian martyr and companion of Hripsimē, S00026), an intervention by Grigoris himself, and a vision of the king. Written in Armenian, probably in Caucasian Albania, possibly in the 6th c. or 7th c. | E01134 | Agathangelos’ History of Armenia, also known as the History and Life of St Gregory, recounts the vision of *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251), in which he sees pillars of the church set on the places of martyrdom of the virgin martyrs of Armenia, *Gayanē (Armenian martyr and companion of Hripsimē, S00260), *Hripsimē (Armenian virgin and martyr of Roman origin, S00071) and their companions. Written in Armenian in the middle of the 5th c. | E01138 | The Conversion of Georgia recounts the conversion of Kartli/Iberia/Georgia and its royal family by *Nino (S00072), accompanying miracles, and her death and posthumous miracles. Written in Georgian, in the Holy Land or at Mtskheta, possibly in the 7th c. | E03469 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 22 December *Hripsimē (Armenian virgin and martyr of Roman origin, S00071) and *Gayanē (Armenian martyr and companion of Hripsimē, S00260). | E03966 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 December *Hripsime (virgin and martyr of Armenia,S00071), *Gayane (Armenian martyr and companion of Hripsime, S00260), *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602). and Bakchos the Younger, monk of St Saba monastery, killed by the Arabs in 787. |
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