Isaac the Great, St
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Isaac the Great, St (
c.350–438),
Catholicos of the
Armenian Church from
c.389. By gaining from
Constantinople recognition of the metropolitical rights of the Armenian Church, he ended its dependence on Caesarea in Cappadocia. He fostered a national Armenian literature, with St
Mesrob translating much of the Bible. Feast days in the Armenian Church, 9 Sept. and 25 Nov.
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