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Mesrob, St

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Mesrob, St (361–439). Armenian Christian father. He succeeded Sahak as patriarch in 440 but died in less than six months. He invented the Armenian alphabet c.406. Thereafter, gathering around him a band of scholars, he directed a programme of theological translations into Armenian, starting with the Bible (c.410–44). This activity succeeded in starting a national literature, and helped free the Armenian Church from dependence on Greek and Syriac institutions.

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Mesrob, St

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Mesrob, St (c.361–439), Armenian ecclesiastic and translator. Over a long period he was coadjutor-bishop to the Catholicos Isaac; on his death he acted as locum tenens, but died within six months. He tried to eliminate all traces of Syriac institutions from Armenian life. He composed for the Armenians an alphabet which was adopted in 406, and translated the NT and Proverbs in the Armenian Bible issued c.410. Feast days, 19 Feb. and 25 Nov.

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