Nerses III the Builder
Catholicoi of Armenia
d. 661
41st Catholicos of All Armenians
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Nerses III the Builder was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 641 and 661. He was originally from the village of Ishkhan in Tayk. He ruled at a troubled time during which Armenia had to choose between their neighbors Byzantines and Persians along with their new conquerors the Arabs.
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How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, coll. 1387-1388 — Catholici Armeniae Majoris, no. XXXIII