Name
Vrt'anes, katholikos of Greater Armenia, ob. 341
Saint ID
S00297
Reported Death Not Before
333
Reported Death Not After
341
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
| ID | Title | E00151 | The Epic Histories (3.11) traditionally attributed to P'awstos, recount the death in c. 340 of *Vrt'anēs (katholikos of Greater Armenia, ob. 341, S00297), and his burial and commemoration at T'ordan beside the body of *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251). Written in Armenian in the second half of the 5th c. | E01330 | Movsēs Xorenac'i's History of Armenia (3.2) recounts how Katholikos *Vrtanēs' (katholikos of Greater Armenia, ob. 341, S00297), son of *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251), was miraculously protected at the martyr shrine of *John the Baptist (S00020) when the local inhabitants wished to kill him. Written in Armenian and traditionally considered a 5th c. text, but probably of the early 8th c. |
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