RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gregory the Illuminator

257 - 331

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Gregory the Illuminator (Classical Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed spelling: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, Grigor Lusavorich; c. 257 – c. 328) was the founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He converted Armenia from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the early fourth century (traditionally dated to 301), making Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church and in some other churches. Gregory is said to have been the son of a Parthian nobleman, Anak, who assassinated the Arsacid king of Armenia Khosrov II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory the Illuminator has received more than 518,135 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Gregory the Illuminator is the 390th most popular religious figure (down from 376th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Armenia and the most popular Armenian Religious Figure.

Gregory the Illuminator is most famous for being the first Christian missionary to preach in Armenia.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

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  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 390 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Hormisdas, Pope Boniface VI, Pope Benedict II, John Vianney, Pope Nicholas III, and Pope Benedict VI. After him are Pope Lando, Faustina Kowalska, Pope Paul I, Pope Nicholas IV, Pope Gregory II, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 257, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 1 Among people deceased in 331, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 1After him is Micheon of Goguryeo.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 3 out of 163Before him are George Gurdjieff (1866), and Tigranes the Great (-140). After him are Leo V the Armenian (775), Anastas Mikoyan (1895), Najm ad-Din Ayyub (1100), Artem Mikoyan (1905), Shirkuh (1100), Hayk (410), Tiridates III of Armenia (255), Albert Azaryan (1929), and Khachatur Abovian (1805).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Armenia

Among religious figures born in Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 1After him are Servatius of Tongeren (400), Sebeos (700), Karekin II (1951), and Eznik of Kolb (380).