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Vardan Mamikonian
Armenian military leader and saint
Who they were
Vardan Mamikonian (Armenian: Վարդան Մամիկոնեան; variants: Vartan, Wartan; c. 387 – 451) was an Armenian military leader who led a rebellion against Sasanian Iran in 450–451. He was the head of the Mamikonian noble family and holder of the hereditary title of sparapet, the supreme commander of the Armenian armed forces. Vardan and most of his comrades died at the Battle of Avarayr in 451, but their sacrifice was immortalized in the works of the Armenian historians Elishe and Ghazar Parpetsi. He is regarded as a national hero among Armenians and venerated as a martyr and a saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Mesrop Mashtots Saint Teacher
- Shushanik Saint Child“According to this legend, Shushanik was a daughter of the Armenian military commander Vardan Mamikonian and married the Mihranid ruler (pitiakhsh) Varsken, son of Arshusha II.” — Wikipedia
- Abraham of Armenia Saint“They were executed by the order of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd II in 455, five years after the insurrection led by Vardan Mamikonian.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q1280744 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Vardan Mamikonian (CC BY-SA)
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