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Gregory the Illuminator

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Name	Saint Gregory the Illuminator
Birth date	circa 257 AD
Death date	circa 331 AD
Venerated in	Armenian Apostolic Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Catholic Churches Anglican Churches
Feast	Armenian Christian June 9; Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic, September 30
Patronage	Armenia

Gregory the Illuminator

Vienna, Mekhitarist Library, MS 1306, Lectionary, 1678, St. Gregory preaching to King Trdat. Photo: Dickran Kouymjian
Honorific-prefix	St.
Name	Gregory the Illuminator
Honorific-suffix	Patriarch of Armenia (Catholicos of All Armenians)
Caption	Vienna, Mekhitarist Library, MS 1306, Lectionary, 1678, St. Gregory preaching to King Trdat. Photo: Dickran Kouymjian
Enthroned	302
Ended	325
Church	Armenian Apostolic Church
Predecessor	St. Merozanes
Successor	St. Aristaces I
Birth Date	257
Death Date	331
Religion	christianity

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Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener ( translit. , or , or ) (c. 257 - c. 331) is the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He was a religious leader who is credited with converting Armenia from paganism to Christianity, Armenia thus being the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD.

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