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History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

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HISTORY OF ARMENIA. 167<br />

in that event, <strong>to</strong> amend their lives. But he,<br />

knovvinc: their ill<br />

dispositions, refused <strong>to</strong> resume<br />

his crown, <strong>to</strong>r which they in revenge poisoned<br />

hull.<br />

Thus perished, as the <strong>Armenia</strong>n records<br />

ex{)ress it, " the brilliant mirror <strong>of</strong> piety," after<br />

a reign <strong>of</strong> fifty-six years, being then in his<br />

eiuhty-htth year. His remains were interred in<br />

the fortress <strong>of</strong> Ani in Kamakh. They attempted<br />

also <strong>to</strong> kill<br />

St. Vertannes, but on their surrounding<br />

him <strong>to</strong> complete their bloody designs, their<br />

hands were withheld <strong>by</strong> an invisible power,<br />

and the blessed Bishop passed through them<br />

unhurt. He retired <strong>to</strong> the village <strong>of</strong> Thil,<br />

accompanied <strong>by</strong> the holy consort <strong>of</strong> St. Tiridates,<br />

and his sister Khosrovedught. Here they<br />

lived a life <strong>of</strong> peace and happiness in the exercise<br />

<strong>of</strong> devotion, and in due time were translated<br />

<strong>to</strong> God.<br />

led.<br />

CHAPTER XVI.<br />

The reign <strong>of</strong> KJwsrove the Second.<br />

On the death <strong>of</strong> Tiridates the Aluans rebel- a. d. 343.<br />

A chief <strong>of</strong> this tribe, named Sanatruk, <strong>of</strong> a<br />

branch <strong>of</strong> the Arsacidae, assumed the kingly<br />

power and usurped the government. He also<br />

sousrht <strong>to</strong> obtain the crown <strong>of</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>. Ano-

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