Tiridates III of Armenia
King of Armenia and Saint
Feast: 30 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Tiridates III (c. 250s – c. 330), also known as Tiridates the Great or Tiridates IV, was the Armenian Arsacid king from c. 298 to c. 330. In the early 4th century (301, according to tradition) Tiridates adopted Christianity as the state religion of Armenia, thus making the Kingdom of Armenia the first state to officially embrace Christianity.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Khosrovidukht Saint Brother or sister“Her only known sibling was her brother Tiridates III of Armenia who ruled Armenia from 287 to 330.” — Wikipedia
- santiebeati.it — Santi Tiridate III, Askhen e Khosrovidukht — Full entry, feast 29 November, quoting John Paul II at Yerevan 2001. Honoured in the Armenian tradition, which the Armenian Catholic Church shares; santiebeati lists him without an "Eastern churches only" marker.
- Wikidata Q172520 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tiridates III of Armenia (CC BY-SA)
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