Vrtanes also known Saint Vrtanes ( hy, Սբ. Վրթանէս Ա. Պարթև ) was the 14th Catholicos-Patriarch of the

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serving from 333 until his death in 341. In 333, Vrtanes succeeded Aristaces as third in line in the then-hereditary

Parthia Parthia ( peo, 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 ''Parθava''; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅 ''Parθaw''; pal, 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Med ...

n line of the Catholicos of the

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. Vrtanes was the first son born to St. Gregory I the Illuminator by his wife Miriam and his younger brother was St. Aristaces I. He was the father of St. Husik I and Gregory. He died on 341 in which he was replaced by his eldest son, St. Husik I, as the next Catholicos-Patriarch.

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