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Hierarch · 6th century

Saint Peter first Catholicos of Georgia

Also known as Peter of Georgia

First Catholicos of Georgia, invited during the reign of King Vakhtang, who helped establish the line of Georgian chief shepherds.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints