Tiridates III of Armenia

King of Armenia and Saint

Tiridates III (or Trdat III) was the king of Armenia (286-330), and was also known as Tiridates the Great. (Some scholars may be wrong because they call him as Trdat IV as a result of the fact that Tiridates I of Armenia reigned twice.) In 301, Tiridates made Christianity as the sole religion in Armenia, making Armenia the first Christian state in the world.

Tiridates III of Armenia
King of Armenia
FatherChosroes I of Armenia

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  • Translated from the Armenian: Mihran Kurdoghlian, Badmoutioun Hayots, A. hador [Armenian History, volume I], Athens, Greece, 1994, pg. 96-105.
  • The Library of Congress - Armenia - A Country Study
  • Yuri Babayan - Tiridates the Great