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Catholicio of Armenia
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(Kayseri, Turkey)
Death:
342
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Biography
Vrtanes also known Saint Vrtanes (Armenian: Սբ. Վրթանէս Ա. Պարթև) was Armenian Catholicos in the Armenia's Holy Apostolic Church. Vrtanes succeeded immediately after St. Gregory I the Enlightener and Aristaces as third in line in the then-hereditary Parthian line of Catholicoi. Vrtanes was the first son born to St. Gregory I the Enlightener by his wife Miriam and his younger brother was Aristaces. He was the father of St. Husik I and Gregory by an unnamed wife. He reigned from 333 to 341.
| Preceded by St. Aristaces I |
Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians 333–341 |
Succeeded by St. Husik I |