Matthaeus Erasmos Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Matthaeus Erasmos
Archbishop of Nachitschewan
Church:Catholic Church
See:Archdiocese of Nakhchivan
Term:1607–1627
Predecessor:Azarias Friton
Successor:Angelus Maria Cittadini
Birth Date:1567
Death Date:9 July 1627 (age 60)
Death Place:Nachitschewan, Azerbaijan
Birth Name:Matteos Miranshah

Matthaeus Erasmos, O.P. (born,[1] 1567–1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nachitschewan (1607–1627).[2] [3] [4]

Biography

Matthaeus Erasmos was born in 1567 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[5] On 22 October 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Nachitschewan.He served as Archbishop of Nachitschewan until his death on 9 July 1627.

Notes and References

  1. Lucca . Paolo . 2021 . Cleansing the Christian Vineyard Dominican Missions to the Armenian Catholic Diocese of Naxiǰewan in the 1610s-1630s . Eurasiatica . 44 . 2610-8879.
  2. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 253. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dn531.html "Archdiocese of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan)"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/nach0.htm "Archdiocese of Nachitschewan”
  5. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Matthaeus Erasmos, O.P. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.