Matthaeus Erasmos

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Matthaeus Erasmos, O.P. (born Armenian: Մատթեոս Միրանշահ, romanized: Mattʿēos Miranšah,[1] 1567–1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nachitschewan (1607–1627).[2][3][4]

Biography

Matthaeus Erasmos was born in 1567 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[5] On 22 October 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Nachitschewan.[2][5] He served as Archbishop of Nachitschewan until his death on 9 July 1627.[5]

References

  1. 1.Lucca, Paolo (2021). "Cleansing the Christian Vineyard Dominican Missions to the Armenian Catholic Diocese of Naxiǰewan in the 1610s-1630s". Eurasiatica: 44. ISSN 2610-8879.
  2. 2.[2.2]Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 253. (in Latin)
  3. 3."Archdiocese of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 4."Archdiocese of Nachitschewan” GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 15, 2017
  5. 5.[5.2][5.3]Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Matthaeus Erasmos, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]