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Hierarch · 19th century

Saint Anthony II Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia

Also known as ანტონ II · Anton II · Prince Teimuraz Bagrationi

The last Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia before the Russian Empire abolished Georgian church autocephaly; a Bagrationi prince, he died in exile at Nizhny Novgorod in 1827.

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Born 1762/63; reposed 1827, Nizhny Novgorod. Glorified by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2011.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org); OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia