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Mesrop Mashtots

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Mesrop Mashtots

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Also known as Saint Mesrob

Armenian theologian and linguist (362–440)

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Mesrop Mashtots (362–440) was an Armenian translator, linguist, Bible translator, and missionary. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of Armenia and a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church. His fields of work included linguistics and translation. He is recognized as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church, with a feast day observed on February 17.

Mashtots spoke, wrote, or signed in Armenian, Ancient Greek, Persian, and Syriac. He died in Vagharshapat on February 17, 440. Among his students were Koryun, Yeznik of Kolb, and Hovsep I. His name in the native language is Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց.

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  • Vestnik universiteta Mesrop Mashtot Łs

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Armenia
Active from
362
Active to
440

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Mesrop Mashtots (Latin: Mesrobes Mastosius; 362 – February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenian theologian and linguist. He is known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, also for contributing to the development of the Caucasian Albanian and Georgian alphabets. Saint Mesrop also produced a number of liturgical compositions. Some of the works attributed to him are: Megha Qez Ter (Մեղա քեզ Տէր), Voghormea indz Astvats (Ողորմեա ինձ Աստուած) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mesrop+Mashtots">Read more

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  1. Bridging the gap between viable but non-culturable and antibiotic persistent bacteria

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  2. Relationship between the Viable but Nonculturable State and Antibiotic Persister Cells

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  3. The viable but non-culturable state and its relevance in food safety

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  4. From Point Cloud Data to Building Information Modelling: An Automatic Parametric Workflow for Heritage

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  5. Interspecific Quorum Sensing Mediates the Resuscitation of Viable but Nonculturable Vibrios

    · 2014 · cited 100x

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Mesrop Mashtots (listen; Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց, romanized: Mesrop Maštoc' 362 – 17 February 440 AD) was an Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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