Step'anos V of Salmast, otherwise known as Stepanos V Salmastetsi[1][2] (b. ? Salmas – d. 1567 Etchmiadzin), was Catholicos of All Armenians from 1547 to 1567.[3][1]

Biography

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Stepanos was born in Salmas in the Safavid Empire. In 1545, he was elected Catholicos. Two years later, in 1547, amidst the still ongoing and devastating Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555, Stephen convened a secret meeting of which the result was to send a delegation headed by him to the Pope to plead for the liberation of Armenia.[4] The group, which included Stepanos V, visited several European courts as well, including that of German Emperor Charles V.[1]

Stepanos initiated talks with Rome for the Armenian Church become under the authority of the Catholic Church in exchange for Rome's support to Armenian emancipatory activities, but these efforts didn't lead to a unification.

References

  1. ^ a b c Payaslian 2008, p. 108.
  2. ^ Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0814327470.
  3. ^ Varnava; et al. (2009). The Minorities of Cyprus: Development Patterns and the Identity of the Internal-exclusion. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-1443800525.
  4. ^ Adalian 2010, p. 543.

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Religious titles Preceded byGregory XI Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians 1545–1567 Succeeded byMichael I
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