Stepanos V of Salmast

Step'anos V of Salmast, otherwise known as Stepanos V Salmastetsi[1][2] (b. ? Salmas - d. 1567 Etchmiadzin), was Catholicos of All Armenians from 1547 to 1567.[3][1]

Biography

Stepanos was born in Salmas in the Safavid Empire. In 1545, he was elected Catholicos. Two years later, in 1547, amidst the still ongoing and devastating Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532-1555, Stephen convened a secret meeting of which the result was to send a delegation headed by him to the Pope to plead for the liberation of Armenia.[4] The group, which included Stepanos V, visited several European courts as well, including that of German Emperor Charles V.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Payaslian 2008, p. 108.
  2. Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0814327470.
  3. Varnava; et al. (2009). The Minorities of Cyprus: Development Patterns and the Identity of the Internal-exclusion. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-1443800525.
  4. Adalian 2010, p. 543.

Sources

Religious titles
Preceded by
Gregory XI
Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians
15451567
Succeeded by
Michael I
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