Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani
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Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (Georgian: სულხან-საბა ორბელიანი) (November 4, 1658 in Tandzia, Georgia; † January 26, 1725 in Moscow) was a famous Georgian prince, writer, monk and religious zealot.
[edit] Biography
Sulkhan Orbeliani derives from dinasty of princes. Before he became monk 1698 with the name Saba of David-Garedja Monastery, he converts to the Catholic Church (1692). He practiced his new belief in private. From 1703 he had his belief an agenda of politics of the new king Vakhtang VI who was his pupil. In 1713-1714 he made the political voyage in Vatican and in France. He visited Pope Clement XI and Louis XIV and requested them the aid for the king Vakhtang and the Catholic Faith in Kartli (East-Georgian Kingdom). After his comeback in Kartli he got religious zealot for the Catholic Church. Therefore was Georgian Orthodox Church very hostile to him and persecuted him. In 1724 he emigrated with king Vakhtang in Russia. Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani is the creator a new georgian literary language, his dictionary for Georgian language is still topically for each other will learn the georgian today.
[edit] Selected bibliography
• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Lexikoni Kartuli (With Kommentary from I. Abuladse). 1-2 v. Tbilisi: Merani 1991/1993.
• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Opera. 5 v. Tiflis: 1959/1966 (geo.).
[edit] About Orbeliani, Sulkhan-Saba
• A. Baramidze, Sulxan-Saba Orbeliani : c'xovreba da literaturli mogvaceoba ; nark'vevi. Tbilisi: Sabtschota Saqartvelo 1959 (geo).
• M. Tarchnisvili, J. Assfalg: Geschichte der kirchlichen georgischen Literatur: Auf Grund des ersten Bandes der Georgischen Literaturgeschichte von K. Kekelidze. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1955 (ger).
• M. Tamarashvili: History of Catholicism among the Georgians. Tbilisi 1902, passim (geo.).
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Orbeliani, Sulkhan-Saba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Prince, writer, monk and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tandzia, Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1725 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Moscow |
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