Nerses IV the Gracious

Also known as Nerses Shnorhali, Saint Nerses Shnorhali, Nersês Snorhali

Armenian bishop and writer

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Active from: 1102
Active to: 1173-08-13

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Nerses IV the Graceful Cilician Armenia catholicos, who ruled c. 1166–1173. Nerses IV the Gracious (Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Դ. Կլայեցի (Շնորհալի); also Nerses Shnorhali, Nerses of Kla or Saint Nerses the Graceful; 1102 – 13 August 1173) was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173. A more precise translation of his epithet Shnorhali is "filled with Grace". He received the appellation Shnorhali from his contemporaries because of the very irenic quality of his writing. <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of death: Rumkale
Occupation: politician
Position held: Catholicos of All Armenians
Languages spoken: Armenian
Family: Pahlavuni
Genre: narrative poetry
Image: Nerses Gracious.jpg

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canonization status: saint
name in native language: Ներսէս Դ Կլայեցի
date of death: 1173-08-13
date of birth: 1102-06-04
Commons category: Nerses IV Shnorhali
feast day: August 13
writing language: Armenian

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