Stepanos V of Salmast

Step'anos V of Salmast, otherwise known as Stepanos V Salmastetsi[1][2] (b. ? Salmas – d. 1567 Etchmiadzin), was Catholicos of All Armenians from 1547 to 1567.[3][1]

Biography

Stepanos was born in Salmas in the Safavid Empire. In 1545, he was elected Catholicos. Two years later, in 1547, amidst the still ongoing and devastating Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555, Stephen convened a secret meeting of which the result was to send a delegation headed by him to the Pope to plead for the liberation of Armenia.[4] The group, which included Stepanos V, visited several European courts as well, including that of German Emperor Charles V.[1]

References

1. Payaslian 2008, p. 108.
2. Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History. Wayne State University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0814327470.
3. Varnava; et al. (2009). The Minorities of Cyprus: Development Patterns and the Identity of the Internal-exclusion. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-1443800525.
4. Adalian 2010, p. 543.

Sources

• Adalian, Rouben Paul (2010). Historical Dictionary of Armenia (2 ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810874503.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Gérard Dédéyan (ed.), Histoire du peuple arménien, Toulouse, Éd. Privat, 2007 (1re éd. 1982), pp. 339, 400, 460. ISBN 978-2-7089-6874-5. (in French)
• Joseph Fr. Michaud et Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, Paris, 1825, Tome XIII p. 442. (in French)
• Payaslian, S. (2008). The History of Armenia. Springer. p. 108. ISBN 978-0230608580.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Religious titles
Preceded by Gregory XI	Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians 1545–1567	Succeeded by Michael I