Elishe

Saint Elishe
A relief of Yeghishe at the Armenian Cathedral of Moscow.
Vardapet (Doctor of the Church)
Born	410
Died	475
Venerated in	Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Catholic Church Assyrian Church of the East Ancient Church of the East Chaldean Catholic Church

Elishe (Old Armenian: Եղիշէ, romanized: Ełišē, Modern Armenian pronunciation [jɛʁiˈʃɛ], 410 – 475)^[1] was an Armenian historian from the time of late antiquity, best known as the author of History of Vardan and the Armenian War, a history of the fifth-century Armenian revolt led by Vardan Mamikonian against the suppression of Christianity under Sassanid Iranian rule.