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St. Nerses I
Armenian Catholicos (335–373)
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 19 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
329
Died
373
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
There was also a Caucasian Albanian Catholicos Nerses I, who ruled in 689–706, and a Patriarch Nerses I of Constantinople, who ruled in 1704.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Isaac of Armenia Saint Child
Sources
- santiebeati.it — Santiebeati entry 93758: 'San Narsete (Nerses) I il Parto — Katholicos degli Armeni, IV secolo', feast 19 November, matching the page. Pre-schism; honoured in the West as well as by the Armenians.
- Wikidata Q983502 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nerses I (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.