Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

7 rows where period_id = "PER_ARMENIAN_CHR"

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ENT_ARMC_FATHERS,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Fathers and Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church ENT_ARMC_FATHERS Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high Collective hub for the founding and formative saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church; a modeling hub, not an attested single figure. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARMC_GREGORY_ILLUMINATOR,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Gregory the Illuminator ENT_ARMC_GREGORY_ILLUMINATOR Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high Saint Gregory the Illuminator (c.257-c.331), apostle and first Catholicos of Armenia; converted King Tiridates III and Christianized Armenia c.301. Attested in Agathangelos's History as the chief agent of the conversion. A venerated human, not deified. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARMC_MESROP,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Mesrop Mashtots ENT_ARMC_MESROP Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high Saint Mesrop Mashtots (c.362-440), inventor of the Armenian alphabet (c.405) and translator of scripture, working under Catholicos Sahak. Attested in Movses Khorenatsi (Book III). A venerated human, not deified. SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARMC_NAREK,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Gregory of Narek ENT_ARMC_NAREK Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high Saint Gregory of Narek (c.945-1003), monk of Narekavank and Armenia's greatest mystical poet; author of the Book of Lamentations, declared a Doctor of the Universal Church by Pope Francis in 2015. Attested through his surviving works. A venerated human, not deified. (Distinct from existing ENT_ORTH_GREGORY_THEOLOGIAN and ENT_ORTH_PALAMAS.) SRC_NAREK_LAMENTATIONS reviewed
ENT_ARMC_NERSES,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Nerses the Great ENT_ARMC_NERSES Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high Saint Nerses I the Great (Catholicos c.353-373), great-grandson of Gregory the Illuminator and reforming Catholicos who convened the Council of Ashtishat and founded hospitals and almshouses. Attested in Movses Khorenatsi and Faustus of Byzantium. A venerated human, not deified. SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARMC_SAHAK,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Sahak Partev ENT_ARMC_SAHAK Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high Saint Sahak Partev (Isaac of Armenia, c.354-439), Catholicos of All Armenians and descendant of Gregory the Illuminator; co-sponsored the Mashtots alphabet and the Armenian Bible translation. Attested in Movses Khorenatsi. A venerated human, not deified. (Distinct homonym from Yarsan ENT_YRS_SULTAN_SAHAK.) SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARMC_TIRIDATES,PER_ARMENIAN_CHR Tiridates III of Armenia ENT_ARMC_TIRIDATES Armenian Christian period PER_ARMENIAN_CHR high King Trdat (Tiridates) III (r. c.287-330), the Arsacid monarch converted by Gregory the Illuminator who made Christianity the state religion of Armenia c.301; venerated as a saint. Attested in Agathangelos. A venerated human ruler, not deified. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);