Agathangelos

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Agathangelos was a 5th-century Armenian historian traditionally credited with writing the foundational account of Armenia’s conversion to Christianity and the life of Saint Gregory the Illuminator.

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Agathangelos canonical 2

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instanceOf chronicler ⓘ
historian ⓘ
late antique writer ⓘ
associatedWith Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Christianization of Armenia ⓘ
attributedRole secretary of King Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
floruit 5th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre ecclesiastical history ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
royal chronicle ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus important source for early Armenian church history ⓘ
historicity partly legendary ⓘ
influenced later Armenian historiography ⓘ
medieval Armenian hagiographical tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Armenian ⓘ
mainSubject Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
conversion of Armenia to Christianity ⓘ
notableWork Account of the Conversion of Armenia ⓘ
History of the Armenians ⓘ
Life of Saint Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
occupation chronicler ⓘ
historian ⓘ
region Armenia ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf debates on authorship and dating ⓘ
textual criticism by modern scholars ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWith writing the foundational account of Armenia’s conversion to Christianity ⓘ
writing the life of Saint Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
usedBy church tradition in Armenia ⓘ
medieval Armenian historians ⓘ
workDescribes adoption of Christianity as state religion of Armenia ⓘ
miraculous healing and conversion of Tiridates III ⓘ
mission and miracles of Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
persecution of Christians under King Tiridates III ⓘ
workPreservedIn Armenian manuscripts ⓘ
workSetting court of Tiridates III ⓘ
early 4th-century Armenia ⓘ
workTranslatedInto Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ

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Armenian mythology → hasSource → Agathangelos ⓘ