Mirian III of Iberia
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Mirian III (Georgian: მირიან III) was a king (mepe) of Iberia or Kartli (Georgia), contemporaneous to the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306–337). He was the founder of the royal Chosroid dynasty.
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Mirian III | |
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King of Iberia (more...) | |
Reign | 284–361 |
Predecessor | Aspacures I |
Successor | Sauromaces II |
Born | c. 277 or 258[1] Sasanian Iran[2] |
Died | 361 (aged 83–84) Mtskheta, Iberia |
Burial | Samtavro Monastery, Mtskheta |
Spouse | Abeshura Nana |
Issue | Rev II Aspacures II Anonymous daughter |
Dynasty | Chosroid dynasty |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church (after 326) Zoroastrianism (before 326)[2] |
According to the early medieval Georgian annals and hagiography, Mirian was the first Christian king of Iberia, converted through the ministry of Nino, a Cappadocian female missionary. After Christianization of Iberia he is credited with establishment of Christianity as his kingdom's state religion and is regarded by the Georgian Orthodox Church as saint and is canonized as Saint Equal to the Apostles King Mirian (Georgian: წმინდა მოციქულთასწორი მეფე მირიანი).[3][4]
Traditional chronology after Prince Vakhushti assigns to Mirian's reign—taken to have lasted for 77 years—the dates 268–345, which Professor Cyril Toumanoff corrects to 284–361. He is also known to the contemporary Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus and the medieval Armenian chronicles.[5][6]