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

384 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
St. Germannus. With this he returned to his
native country, and by tiie influence
of Babken
prince ( f the Seunies, was consecrated bishop
of that people. On an occasion ot his admonishing
some of the members of his flock a
tumult aro5e, and he was prematu ely cutoff
by a conspiracy.
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^^^^ about tlils time David the pontifl' bein^,^
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treated by the goveinor, and disgusted with
the conduct of his troops, retired to his native
village Aramons, where he erected a
splendid church and remained there in retirement
eight years. Seeing,however, the goernor
incessant in harrassing the Armenians, David
wrote to the Caliph of Damascus, and implored
him to liberate the country from his swav. This
was done, Mahomed being recalled in the fifth
year of his government, and AbduJaziz sent in
A.D. 732. his room. This latter proved a mild and kind
eraTsT. ruler. lie had been brought up from his infancy
to manhood in the city of Duin, and it was he
who betraved it into the hands of the Saracens
in one of the invasions. Recollecting that he
had been the cause of its ruin, he set about
repairing its walls and fortifications in the second
year of his government. " My hand,"
Slid he, "occasioned the fall of ihis city, and
the same hand shall restore it to its former
strength." He did more, for he widened the