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Mesrop Mashtots Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց | |
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![]() Portrait of Mashtots by Stepanos Nersissian (1882) | |
Born | c. 362 Hatsik, Taron Province, Kingdom of Armenia (Now Güven village of Korkut, Muş Province, Turkey) |
Died | February 17, 440 Vagharshapat, Sasanian Armenia |
Venerated in | Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Saint Mesrop Mashtots Cathedral in Oshakan, Armenia |
Feast | The Armenian Church remembers St. Mesrop (together with St. Sahak), twice each year, first in July and then again on the Feast of the Holy Translators in October;[1] February 17 in the Roman Catholic Church. |
Patronage | Armenia |
Mesrop Mashtots (Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց Mesrop Maštoc'; Eastern Armenian: [mɛsˈɾop maʃˈtotsʰ]; Western Armenian: [mɛsˈɾob maʃˈtotsʰ]; 362 – February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches.[2]
;He is best known for inventing the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity.[3] He is also considered to be the creator of the Caucasian Albanian and Georgian alphabets by a number of scholars.[4][5][6][7][8]
After the Armenian alphabet Mesrop also devised one for the Caucasian Albanians.