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Also known as

• Mesrop Mashtots
• Mesrob…

Memorial

• 17 February
• 5 July (Armenian Apostolic Church)
• 19 February on some calendars

Profile

Career soldier who retired from the military to become a hermit, monk and preacher. Worked with Saint Isaac the Great in the formation of the Armenian Church. Civil servant. Missionary to Armenia and Georgia. Developed the alphabet for writing Armenian. Organized schools and the translation of the Bible into Armenian, translating the New Testament himself.

Born

• c.362 in Hatsik, Taron Province, Kingdom of Armenia

Died

• 17 February 440 in Vagharshapat, Armenia of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Armenia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Mesrop the Teacher“. CatholicSaints.Info. 25 October 2023. Web. 28 April 2024. <>