Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Geography & dioceses States, regions and cities

Armenopolis [Gherla]

ARMENOPOLI

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ARMENOPOLIS [GHERLA]. - An Armenian city in Transylvania, founded in 1700 by Armenians who had emigrated from Ani as early as the 13th century. The plan of the city was drawn up by the Armenian engineer Alexanian, whom Bishop Verzerian (Verzeresko), the leader of the emigrated Armenians, had brought with him from Rome. A. is situated on the eastern bank of the Kis Samos river, and near the ruins of an ancient Roman colony. It constitutes an apostolic administration of the Armenian Catholics of Romania (June 5, 1930) immediately subject to the Holy See. In 1932 it counted 36,000 faithful and 18,000 dissidents. A. is also called Armenierstadt, Szamos-njodr and also Gherla.

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BIBL.: C. Lukacsi, Historia Armenorum Transilvaniae a primordiis gentis usque ad nostram memoriam, Vienna 1859, p. 18; G. Korrighian, Descrizione di Gherla A., ibid. 1896, pp. 1-348; Statistica... della Gerarchia e dei fedeli di rito Orientale, Vatican City 1932, p. 86 ff.

Serafino Akelian

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1992.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Armenopoli.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1992. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/armenopoli.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Armenopoli.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1992. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/armenopoli.

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@incollection{ec1_armenopoli,
  author    = {Akelian, Serafino},
  title     = {Armenopoli},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1992},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/armenopoli}
}

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