Aristaces I
Armenian saint
b. c. 264 · d. c. 333
13th Catholicos of All Armenians · 320–327
Offices
- Catholicos of All Armenians № 13 · 320 – 327
Aristaces or Aristakes I was the second Catholicos of the Armenian Church from 325 until his death in 333. He was the younger son and successor of Gregory the Illuminator, the founder and first head of the Armenian Church and his wife, Julitta of Armenia.
Related people
- Julitta of Armenia child of · traditional
- Gregory the Illuminator child of · traditional
- Gregory the Illuminator succeeded · traditional
- Vrtanes I sibling of · traditional
- Vrtanes I preceded · inferred
Events
Places
- Caesarea in Cappadocia residence
- Erzincan burial
- Baghirbeyla burial
- Sophene death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — First Council of Nicaea
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, coll. 1373-1374 — Catholici Armeniae Majoris, no. II