Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Geography & dioceses States, regions and cities

Dwin

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Also known as: Dvin

DWIN. - City also called "Ostan" by Armenian historians, because in the 3rd century Khosrow II transferred his court there. Within its walls, in 478, the seat of the Armenian katholikos was transferred, and it remained there until 931. Many synods were held in D., of which 4 remained famous: the 1st under the katholikos Nerses II in 554-55, which also established the Armenian era; the 2nd under Moses II, against Cyrus, metropolitan of Georgia; the 3rd under Nerses III; the 4th under John Oztetzi, in 719-20, against the Paulicians and Messalians. D. was destroyed several times by the Arabs; its last complete destruction is attributed to a tremendous earthquake in the 13th century.

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By Serafino Akelian

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 2016.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Dwin.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 2016. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/dwin.

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Akelian, Serafino. “Dwin.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 2016. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/dwin.

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@incollection{ec4_dwin,
  author    = {Akelian, Serafino},
  title     = {Dwin},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {2016},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/dwin}
}

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