Nerses the Great patriarch of Armenia 7th Catholicos I

• Preferred Name: Nerses the Great patriarch of Armenia 7th Catholicos I
  
• Alternate Name: Narses I
  
• Alternate Name: Nerses I Saint Narses I Dit Le Grand Of Suren Pahlav Armenia
  
• Alternate Name: Narseh le Grand ou le or Narses I the Great or Arshak or Arsaces de Suren Pahlav II
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: ABT 310 in Cappadocia at LATI: N2.0076 LONG: E3.2783 with note: The Great patriarch of Armenia https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Nerses-I-the-Great
  
• Occupation: Katholikos v. Armenien
  
• MilitaryService: poisoned by Papas, King of Armenia373
  
• Residence: exiled for some 9 years along with other anti-Arian bishops, supposedly to Edessa.BET 360 AND 370 in Edessa, Şanlıurfa, Turkey at LATI: N7.1333 LONG: E8.7667
  
• Occupation: Catholicos
  
• FSID: MDRT-WQL
  
• Death: ABT 373 in Armenia at LATI: N0 LONG: E5
  
• MilitaryService: appointed sword-bearer to Arsacid king Arshak II (Arsaces II)ABT 350
  
• Religion: 7th Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All ArmeniansBET 353 AND 373
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Nerses I the Great (Armenian: Ներսէս Ա Մեծ) was an Armenian Catholicos (or Patriarch) who lived in the fourth century. He was the son of At'anagenes and the Arsacid princess Bambish, a sister of King Tiran and a daughter of King Khosrov III. His paternal grandfather was St. Husik I whose paternal grandfather was Saint Gregory the Illuminator.
  
  Nerses spent his youth in Caesarea, where he received a Hellenistic education and married a Mamikonian princess called Sandukht. Sandukht bore Nerses a son called Sahak (Isaac), who would later becom Catholicos. After the death of his wife, he was appointed sword-bearer to Arsacid king Arshak II (Arsaces II). A few years later, having entered the ecclesiastical state, he was elected Catholicos in 353 and confirmed in the office in Caesarea in accordance with tradition.
  
  His patriarchate marks a new era in Armenian history. Until that point, the Church had been more or less identified with the royal family and the nobles; Nerses brought it into closer connection with the people. At the Council of Ashtishat (c. 356) he promulgated numerous laws on marriage, fast days, and divine worship. Among other things, the council forbade people to marry their first cousin and forbade mutilation and other extreme actions in mourning. Nerses built schools, hospitals, leprosaria and poor houses and sent monks throughout the land to preach the Gospel.
  
  Nerses's relations with Arshak II, however, soon deteriorated. Some of the Catholicos's reforms drew upon him the king's displeasure. Nerses also clashed with Arshak over the latter's extermination of certain Armenian noble houses. In approximately 358 (possibly earlier), Nerses was sent to Constantinople to escort Arshak's bride Olympias to Armenia. Arshak, like his father, pursued a pro-Arian policy, which led to a falling out with Catholicos Nerses. According to the 5th-century historian Faustus of Byzantium, Nerses never again appeared at Arshak's court after the king ordered the murder of his own nephew, Gnel, in defiance of the Catholicos's exhortations. Nerses was exiled for some nine years along with other anti-Arian bishops, supposedly to Edessa. It was probably at some point during the latter part of Arshak's reign that Nerses went to Constantinople to ensure the emperor's support of Armenia against the Persians. According to Faustus of Byzantium, the Roman emperor Valens became outraged at Nerses condemning his following of the teachings of Arius and sent Nerses into exile.
  
  Upon the accession of pro-Arian king Pap (Papas) in 369/370, Nerses returned to his see. Nerses undertook the reconstruction of Armenian churches and monasteries that had been destroyed during the Persian occupation of Armenia and strove toward the elimination of Zoroastrian influence in the country. The classical Armenian historians write that Papas proved a dissolute and unworthy ruler and Nerses forbade him entrance to the church. Other historians believe that Nerses tried to bring the young king under his control using his considerable influence and with the help of some Armenian princes, prompting Pap to dissolve the Patriarch's benevolent institutions and confiscate holdings belonging to the Church. According to Faustus of Byzantium and Moses of Choren, Papas invited Nerses to his table under the pretence of seeking reconciliation and reportedly poisoned him in 373. According to another theory, Nerses died of an illness of the lungs that he had contracted early in his life. Pap appointed Nerses's successor without the approval of Caesarea, which refused to recognize the bishop's authority
  
  === Prince of the Gregorids. ===
  Prince of the Gregorids.
  
  === #Générale# Catholicos d'Arménie ===
  #Générale# Catholicos d'Arménie
  
  === Heiliger, Katholikos v. Armenien 353-359 ===
  Heiliger, Katholikos v. Armenien 353-359, 367-373
  
  === !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy ===
  !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, Published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. !Source is from "Neuhart Nobility", by Dennis Allen Kastens -1997 page 228. 1. He was the Primate of Armenia from 353-359 and 367-373. He held office for two terms as the Prince of the Gregorid Domain.
  
  === St. Nerses, patriarch of the Armenian Ch ===
  St. Nerses, patriarch of the Armenian Church Note: Note: St. Nerses, patriarch of the Armenian Church [Of the sameParthianfamily as Suren Pahlaw
  
  === He was made a Saint. ===
  He was made a Saint.
  
  === primate 353-373 ===
  primate 353-373
  
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  --Other Fields ®64

1. Vasak Artavazd Mamikonian, b. BEF 365 in Roman Empire    
2. Isaac Sahak Soureni "The Great" King of Armenia, b. ABT 354 in Armenia     d. 7 SEP 439 in Ashtishat, Armenia
3. Vasaka Mamikonian Souren, b. 359 in Roman Empire