Dertad I

Catholicos Dertad I was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 741 and 764.

According to the historian Kirakos Ganjaketsi, Dertad (also called Tiridates) was from Otmus village and was a 'modest, blessed man, radiant in all virtue'^[1]. He reigned in a time of relative peace with a break in the Arab invasions.

Towards the end of his reign, the Armenians suffered heavy taxation imposed by the Saracens, compounded by a harvest failure from a sudden hailstorm, and a subsequent plague of locusts. Dertad was unable to alleviate these crises, and died "under the pressure of grief". ^[2]

References

↑ Katholikos, John (1987) [10th century]. History of the Armenians [Maksoudian] (in Armenian). pp. Chap XXIII.
↑ Chamich, Michael (1827). History of Armenia (in Armenian) (Tr. from the Original Armenian, by Johannes Avdall ed.). Printed at Bishop's college Press. p. 383.

Preceded by

David I of Armenia

Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians
741–764

Succeeded by

Dertad II

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[Mak-1] Katholikos, John (1987) [10th century]. History of the Armenians [Maksoudian] (in Armenian). pp. Chap XXIII.

[2] Chamich, Michael (1827). History of Armenia (in Armenian) (Tr. from the Original Armenian, by Johannes Avdall ed.). Printed at Bishop's college Press. p. 383.

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