JOHN MANDAKUNI. - A famous Armenian katholikos of the 5th century. Born around 400, he was a disciple of St. Sahak the Great and of Mesrop, and also figures among the "holy translators" of the Bible. He is then present at the Synod of Sahapivan (447) and later, around 452, suffers severe tortures for the faith, which earns him the title of "confessor." Finally he is elected katholikos of Armenia (480-87, or else 484-98) and, although advanced in years, accompanies King Vahan in the war against the Persians. Once this was over, G. devoted himself to the restoration of the churches and of the Christian spirit.
Many sermons have been attributed to G. in the ancient liturgical books, whose authenticity is not easy to determine. Twenty-five of the thirty published under his name in Venice in 1836 and 1860 seem to be his. A German version by J. Blatz and S. Weber in Ausgewählte Schriften der armenischen Kirchenväter (Munich 1927).
Bibliography2 worksB. Sarghisean, Ricerche critiche intorno a G. M. e le sue opere (in Armenian), Venice 1895; Bardenheuer, V, pp. 206-208. Ignazio Ortiz de Ur
BIBL.: B. Sarghisean, Ricerche critiche intorno a G. M. e le sue opere (in Armenian), Venice 1895; Bardenheuer, V, pp. 206-208.
Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Giovanni Mandakuni.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 569. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-mandakuni.
MLA
Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Giovanni Mandakuni.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 569. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-mandakuni.
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@incollection{ec6_giovanni_mandakuni,
author = {Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio},
title = {Giovanni Mandakuni},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {569},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-mandakuni}
}
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