OF THE DATE OF ST. KETEVAN THE MARTYR’S BIRTH

Abstract

The essay estimates figures of the date of the Georgian Martyr St. Queen Ketevan’s (executed in 1624, Iran) nativity. Al. Savaneli’s essay “The Life of Queen Ketevan”, published in 1857 in “Tsiskari’’ paper, is the only Georgian historical or
literary source that clarifies the year of her birth, 1573. Moreover, the same year is claimed by the material found in the archive of the Bollandists’ main center in Brussels, which initially attracted Georgian researchers’ attention through a photocopy published in newspaper. The latter mentions the date of Queen Ketevan’s birth:„Mar* 1573’’. Thus, it also submits the month of her nativity, although the day is skipped (marked with asterisk).