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Hierarch · 11th century

Saint Melchizedek I Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia

Also known as Melchizedek I of Georgia

Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia in the early eleventh century who strengthened the Georgian Church during the reigns of Bagrat III, George I, and Bagrat IV.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints