Melkisedek I
first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Feast: 14 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Melchizedek I (Georgian: მელქისედეკ I) was the first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, serving from c. 1010 to 1033, and was based in Ani. He is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Prior to his tenure, the heads of the Georgian Church bore the title of Catholicos of Kartli. The unification of Georgia into a single kingdom under Bagrat III (r. 975–1014) contributed to the adoption of the combined title of Catholicos-Patriarch.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q4450287 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Melchizedek I of Georgia (CC BY-SA)
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