Salome of Ujarma

Salome (Armenian: Սալոմե, Georgian: სალომე; born sometime after 297, died about 361) was an Armenian princess[1][2] from the Arsacid dynasty who was married into the Chosroid Dynasty of Iberia.[3] She was a daughter of King Tiridates III of Armenia and Queen Ashkhen. She is known from the early medieval Georgian chronicle Life of Kings.[4] In Georgian tradition, she is referred to as Salome of Ujarma (სალომე უჯარმელი, salome ujarmeli)[5][6][7] after a castle where she is credited to have erected a cross. She has been canonized by the Armenian[citation needed] and Georgian churches. Local canonisations are recognised throughout the Orthodox Church.

According to the genealogical reconstructions, Salome had a brother called Khosrov III and a sister, name unknown, who married St. Husik I, one of the earlier Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Wardrop & Wardrop 2006, p. 71.
  2. ^ Rapp 2003, p. 218 & 295.
  3. ^ Wardrop & Wardrop 2006, p. 7.
  4. ^ Rapp 2003, p. 295.
  5. ^ Lang 1956, pp. 19, 36–37.
  6. ^ Thomson 1996, p. 84:"First let us recall the life of our holy and blessed mother Nino... written down by the believing queen Salome of Ujarma".
  7. ^ Berman 2009, p. 68.