Michel Tamarati

Michel Tamarati
Personal
Born
Alexander Tamarashvili

September 1858
DiedSeptember 16, 1911
Religion Roman Catholic
NationalityGeorgian
Military service
RankPriest
Senior posting
Ordination1888

Michel Tamarati, born Mikhail Tamarashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ თამარაშვილი), (September 1858 – September 16, 1911) was a Georgian Roman Catholic priest and historian, known for his oft-cited French-language history of the Georgian Christianity L'Eglise géorgienne des origines jusqu' à nos jours published in Rome in 1910. He died while trying to rescue a drowning man in stormy sea near Santa Marinella, Italy.[1]

  1. ^ Commemorating Mikheil Tamarashvili. The Messenger Online. October 25, 2011. Accessed April 16, 2012.