philosopher
b. 5th century · d. 484
22nd Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 457–c. 484
Babowai was Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Patriarch of the Church of the East from 457 to 484, during the reign of the Sassanid King Peroz I. Babowai was known for his pro-Byzantine leanings, for which he was often in conflict with other members of the anti-Byzantine Church of the East. He was executed in 484.