John David (archbishop of Edessa) explained

John David was the Armenian Catholic archbishop of Edessa from 1343. He was a member of the Order of Friars Unitors of Armenia and a monk at the famous church of Zorzor. (The exact location of Zorzor is unknown; it may be the monastery of Saint Thaddeus in present-day Iran.)^[1]

John David's predecessor, Martin, also a Unitor, died in 1342 while visiting the Avignonese curia. Pope Clement VI appointed John David to succeed him on 30 May 1343.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. James D. Ryan, "Toleration Denied: Armenia Between East and West in the Era of the Crusades", in Michael Gervers and James M. Powell, eds., Tolerance and Intolerance: Social Conflict in the Age of the Crusades (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2001), p. 63 and nn.
2. P. N. R. Zutshi, "Collective Indulgences from Rome and Avignon in English Collections", in Michael J. Franklin and Christopher Harper-Bill, eds., Medieval Ecclesiastical Studies: In Honour of Dorothy M. Owen, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 7 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1995), p. 291.
3. [Jean Richard (historian)|Jean Richard]