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Saint

Papinus

A saint of 4th-⁠century Armenia, venerated in Christian tradition.

Feast
June 17old style June 30
Reposed
4004th century
Place
Kingdom of Armenia

Life

Papinus is a saint of fourth-⁠century Armenia, venerated in the Christian tradition. The surviving source says no more than that he lived in the kingdom of Armenia, in the age when Christianity became the religion of the kingdom, around the year 400.

No details of his life, deeds and death are known. His veneration is kept through his name and the memory of a saint of Christian Armenia.

Commemorated the same day June 17