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Gregory the Illuminator
Gregorius Illuminator la
Patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church (c.257–c.331)
- Child of Anak the Parthian
- Married to Julitta of Armenia
- Dated 239 CE – 329 CE
- Recognised as Saint
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
Family tree
The family as a list · 5
Family 5
- child of (father) Anak the Parthian Armenian Parthian noble (died 258)
- of the house Gregorids noble family
- parent of (child) St. Aristaces I Armenian saint
- parent of (child) St. Vrtanes I Catholicio of Armenia
- married to Julitta of Armenia wife of Gregory the Illuminator and mother of Vrtanes I and Aristakes I
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Gregory the Illuminator patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church (c.257–c.331) Taught 1
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Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
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