Konstanti Kakhay | |
|---|---|
 Saint Kostanti Kakhay by Mikhail Sabinin | |
| Born | 768 Kartli |
| Died | November 10, 853 (aged 84-85) Samarra, Iraq |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Feast | November 10 |
Konstanti Kakhay or Konstanti Kakhi (Georgian: კონსტანტი კახაჲ; კონსტანტი კახი) (768 – November 10, 853) was a Christian Georgian nobleman from Kartli, who was seized captive by the Abbasid general Bugha al-Kabir during his 853 expedition into the Caucasus. He was subsequently put to death, at the age of 85, for refusing to convert to Islam. This made Kostanti a subject of the contemporaneous hagiography and a saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church.[1]
Kakhay's capture is also documented in a Georgian inscription from the Ateni Sioni church and his death as a martyr is mentioned by the 9th-10th century Armenian chronicler Tovma Artsruni.[1] The Georgian church commemorates him on November 10 (O.S.).[2]
- ^ a b Thomas, David & Roggema, Barbara (ed., 2009), Christian-Muslim Relations. a Bibliographical History. Volume 1 (600-900), pp. 852-6. BRILL, ISBN 978-90-04-16975-3.
- ^ Machitadze, Archpriest Zakaria (2006), "Great-Martyr Constantine-Kakhi (†852)", in The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. pravoslavie.ru. Retrieved on 2011-11-23.