Agathangelos

Agathangelos (in Template:Lang-xcl Agatʿangełos, in Greek Ἀγαθάγγελος "bearer of good news" or angel, c. 5th century AD^[1] ) is the pseudonym of the author of a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator, who died about 332.^[2]

He claims to be a secretary of Tiridates III, King of Armenia in the early 4th century, but the life was not written before the 5th century.^[2] It purports to exhibit the deeds and discourses of Gregory, and has reached us in Armenian, Greek, Georgian, Syriac, Ethiopic, Latin and Arabic.^[3] The text of this history has been considerably altered, but it has always been in high favor with the Armenians.^[4] Von Gutschmid maintains that the unknown author made use of a genuine life of St. Gregory, also of a history of his martyrdom and of that of Saint Rhipsime and her companions. Historical facts are intermingled in this life with legendary or uncertain additions, and the whole is woven into a certain unity by the narrator, who may have assumed his significant name from his quality of narrator of "the good news" of Armenia's conversion.^[5] It has been translated into several languages, and Greek and Latin translations are found in the Acta Sanctorum Bollandistarum, tome viii.^[4]

According to Agathangelos, he was tasked by Tiridates III to write about his father Khosrov II of Armenia and his reign period. Until the 19th century, based on this fact, scholars believe that Agathangelos lived in the 4th century. However further detailed research of his writing has demonstrated that Agathangelos lived and worked in the 5th century and was not able to be Tiridates III's secretary.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ The Armenians Anne Elizabeth Redgate - 2000 - Page 122.
^ ^a ^b Thomson, Robert W. (1991). "Agathangelos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
^ F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), "Agathangelos", The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd rev. ed. (Oxford University Press, 2005).
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Agathangelus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 370.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Agathangelus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources

Thomson, R. W. (1984). "AGATHANGELOS". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 6. pp. 607–608.
Agathangelos Patmut'iwn Hayoc [History of Armenia], Yerevan University Press, 1983 (in Armenian)

Agathangelos, History of St. Gregory and the Conversion of Armenia
Agathangelos, History of the Armenians, Robert W. Thomson, State University of New York Press, 1974

External links

[1] The Armenians Anne Elizabeth Redgate - 2000 - Page 122.

[ODB-2] Thomson, Robert W. (1991). "Agathangelos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.

[3] F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), "Agathangelos", The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd rev. ed. (Oxford University Press, 2005).

[EB1911-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Agathangelus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 370.

[5] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Agathangelus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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