Tigran Honents () was a rich

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trader of the early 13th century, during the Zakarid period. He is especially known for his dedication of the Church of

St Gregory of Tigran Honents The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents (), or Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator () is a Middle Ages, medieval religious structure located in Ani, in Turkey's Kars Province, Kars province next to the closed Armenia–Turkey border, border ...

in Ani, in

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's province of

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next to the closed

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with

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in 1215. p.211: "The Church of St. Gregory of Tigran Honents, dated by an inscription in Armenian on the exterior of the church to 2015."
p.212: "The church dedicated to St. Gregory the llluminator, was founded by the wealthy merchant Tigran Honents in 1215, when the city was under the control of Zakarians." "The last scene, however, is devoted to St. Nino, the evangelist of Georgia, and depicts the miracle of the life-giving pillar, one of the key events in the establishment of Christianity in Georgia. Eastmond argues: "although the donor of the church (Tigran Honents) was Armenian, the church served a larger community at Ani composed of both Armenians and Georgians"."

Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents

20110419 Monastery of Hripsimian Virgins Ani Turkey

He made a dedicatory inscription in Armenian on the southern wall of the church of

. The dedication by Tigran Honents shows that he was a

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Christian, as it is made in the name of the "three holy councils and the nine choirs of angels": Tigran Honents is also known to have sponsored the renovation of a staircase in the

Cathedral of Ani The Cathedral of Ani (, ''Anii mayr tačar''; ) is the largest standing building in Ani, the capital city of medieval Bagratid Armenia, located in present-day eastern Turkey, on the border with modern Armenia. Its construction was completed in t ...

in 1213, and the building of the Monastery of the Virgins, also at Ani.

Tomb of Tigran Honents

Tigran Honents also had a decorated tomb in the vicinity of Ani (). The tomb has numerous murals with inscriptions in Armenian. File:Tomb of Tigran Honents, Christ.jpg, Tomb of Tigran Honents, Christ File:Tomb of Tigran Honents, Angel.jpg, Tomb of Tigran Honents, Angel File:Tomb of Tigran Honents, Bowman.jpg, Tomb of Tigran Honents, Bowman

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* * {{cite book , last1=Blessing , first1=Patricia , title=Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia, 1100-1500 , date=8 March 2017 , publisher=Edinburgh University Press , isbn=978-1-4744-1130-1 , pages=156-159 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gi1WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 , language=en 13th-century Armenian people Armenian businesspeople