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Vakhtang I of Iberia

d. c. 502 · 5th century · Also known as Vakhtang Gorgasali

Vakhtang I Gorgasali was king of Iberia, in eastern Georgia, in the second half of the 5th century. A heroic figure in Georgian tradition, he fought the Sasanian Persians, raised the church of Mtskheta to the rank of a catholicosate and is credited with founding Tbilisi. He died around 502 after rebelling against Persian overlordship, and is venerated as a saint.

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