Nerses III the Builder
This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2023)- There was also a Caucasian Albanian Catholicos Nerses III, who ruled in 1235–1262.
- There was also a Caucasian Albanian
Nerses III the Builder (
Persians along with their new conquerors the Arabs
.
Catholicos Nerses III received the title of the Builder due to the grand construction works he undertook during his reign. The most important ones were the construction of a chapel over the pit of imprisonment of
St. Gregory the Illuminator at Khor Virap (which was replaced a thousand years later by the current church) and the magnificent cathedral of Zvartnots. One tradition says he might have been buried on the northern side of the church. Lesser works include the Agarak monastery
.
References
- ISBN 978-0-900707-92-6.
- JSTOR 3048994.
 | This biographical article about an Armenian religious figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |