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]
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.