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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Yazd, Armenian nobleman and martyr from Siwnik'

Saint ID

S00665

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00105Łazar P'arpec'i's History of Armenia (3.76) recounts the martyrdom of *Yazd (Armenian nobleman and martyr, ob. 480s, S00665), from the province Siwnik', in Bagawan, at the chapel of *Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251) and his burial in the chapel, all in 480s. Written in Armenian in around AD 500.