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Ashot I of Iberia
presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia)
Who they were
Ashot I the Great (Georgian: აშოტ I დიდი, romanized: ashot' I didi; died 29 January 826) was a presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia), first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the Bagratid territories and sought the Byzantine protectorate against the Arab Muslim encroachment until being murdered c. 826. Ashot is also known as Ashot I Kouropalates for the Byzantine title of kouropalates that he bore. A patron of Christian culture and a friend of the church, he has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q250091 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ashot I of Iberia (CC BY-SA)
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