Yeghishe I
Catholicos of All Armenians
d. 946
64th Catholicos of All Armenians
Offices
Yeghishe I also known as Yeghishe I Rshtunetsi was the Catholicos of All Armenians in 941–946. Yeghishe I succeeded his brother Catholicos Theodore I. Ruled the Church from Aghtamar, at the time – the Holy See of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Yeghishe Rshtunetsi was the Bishop of Rshtunik and after the death of Theodore I was elected Catholicos by the initiative of the King of Vaspurakan.
Related people
- Theodore I Rechtouni sibling of · traditional
- Ananias I of Armenia preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, coll. 1393-1394 — Catholici Armeniae Majoris, no. LVI