- Agathangelos
Agathangelos (in Armenian Ագաթանգեղոս, in Greek Αγαθάνγελος) was a supposed secretary of Tiridates III, King of
Armenia , under whose name there has come down a life of the first apostle of Armenia,Gregory the Illuminator , who died about332 . It purports to exhibit the deeds and discourses of Gregory, and has reached us in Armenian and in Greek. The text of this history has been considerably altered, but it has always been in high favor with the Armenians. The Greek text is now recognized as a translation, made probably in the latter half of thesixth century , while the Armenian is original and belongs to the latter half of thefifth century . Von Gutschmid maintains that the unknown author made use of a genuine life of St. Gregory, also of a history of hismartyr dom and of that ofSt. Ripsime and her companions. Historical facts are intermingled in this life withlegend ary or uncertain additions, and the whole is woven into a certain unity by the narrator, who may have assumed his significant name from his quality of narrator of "the good news" of Armenia's conversion. It has been translated into several languages, and Greek and Latin translations are found in the "Acta Sanctorum Bollandistarum", tome viii.ource
* [http://www.vehi.net/istoriya/armenia/agathangelos/en/AGATHANGELOS.html Agathangelos, History of St. Gregory and the Conversion of Armenia]
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