Gregory the Enlightener

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Gregory the Enlightener is a revered early Christian saint and missionary traditionally credited with converting Armenia to Christianity and establishing it as the first Christian nation.

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Label Occurrences
Gregory the Enlightener canonical 1
Saint Gregory the Enlightener 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Armenian Apostolic Church saint ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
Doctor of the Church (Armenian tradition) ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
Saint Gregory the Enlightener ⓘ
Sourp Krikor Lousavorich ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 257 ⓘ
approximateDeathDate c. 331 ⓘ
associatedWith Armenian Apostolic Church hierarchy ⓘ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
royal court of King Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
birthName Grigor ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
child Aristaces I of Armenia ⓘ
Vrtanes I of Armenia ⓘ
converted Armenian nobility ⓘ
King Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
royal household of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Armenian monarchy
countryOfActivity Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
creditedWith making Armenia the first officially Christian nation ⓘ
era early 4th century ⓘ
late 3rd century ⓘ
father Anak the Parthian ⓘ
feastDay September 23 (Roman Catholic Church, some calendars) ⓘ
September 30 (Armenian Apostolic Church, one of several commemorations) ⓘ
imprisonedBy King Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
imprisonmentDuration 13 years (traditional) ⓘ
imprisonmentPlace Khor Virap ⓘ
legacy founder of the Armenian national church ⓘ
symbol of Armenian Christian identity ⓘ
notableFor being patron saint of Armenia ⓘ
converting Armenia to Christianity ⓘ
establishing Christianity as state religion of Armenia ⓘ
patronage Armenia ⓘ
Armenian Church ⓘ
placeOfBirth Valarshapat region (traditionally, Armenia) ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cappadocia (traditionally) ⓘ
linked to: Cappadocia
positionHeld Catholicos of All Armenians ⓘ
first official head of the Armenian Church ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
spouse Mariam of Cappadocia ⓘ
veneratedIn Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workLocation Vagharshapat ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregory the Illuminator → alsoKnownAs → Gregory the Enlightener ⓘ
Gregory the Enlightener → alsoKnownAs → Saint Gregory the Enlightener ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Enlightener