Holy Tiridates, King of Armenia

Life

Tiridates was a contemporary of Diocletian. At first he terribly persecuted Christians. But God's punishment overtook him, and he went mad and became like a beast, as once Nebuchadnezzar. Saint Gregory miraculously healed him from madness (see September 30). From then until his death Tiridates lived in repentance and piety. He reposed peacefully in the fourth century.