city
Dvin
Dvin ruins, near Hnaberd, Armenia · Armenia & Georgia
40.012, 44.581
Attested. Attested by council records, Armenian histories and excavation.
Dvin replaced Vagharshapat as the seat of the Armenian catholicos in the late 5th century. Church councils held here in 506 and 554 defined the Armenian church's distance from the Council of Chalcedon. Excavations have uncovered its cathedral of St Gregory and the catholicos's palace.
Source stance: insider. Armenian church council acts and histories, plus archaeology.
People and groups named here
- Catholicos Babgen I (Council of Dvin, 506)
- Catholicos Nerses II (Council of Dvin, 554)
Sources
- DVIN
Encyclopaedia Iranica. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 863780: Doubios
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Dvin (ancient city) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.