Mesrop Mashtots
Mesrop Mashtots (ⓘ; Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց Mesrop Maštoc'; Eastern Armenian: [mɛsˈɾop maʃˈtotsʰ]; Western Armenian: [mɛsˈɾob maʃˈtotsʰ]; 362 – February 17, 440 AD) was an early Medieval Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Armenian Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. He is best known for inventing the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity. He is also considered to be the creator of the Caucasian Albanian and Georgian alphabets by a number of scholars.
Saint Mesrop Mashtots | |
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Portrait of Mashtots by Stepanos Nersissian (1882) | |
| Born | c. 362 Hatsik, Taron Province, Kingdom of Armenia (Now Güven village of Korkut, Muş Province, Turkey) |
| Died | February 17, 440 Vagharshapat, Sasanian Armenia |
| Venerated in | Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Saint Mesrop Mashtots Cathedral in Oshakan, Armenia |
| Feast | The Armenian Church remembers St. Mesrop (together with St. Sahak), twice each year, first in July and then again on the Feast of the Holy Translators in October; February 17 in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Patronage | Armenia |
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