| Nerses IV the Gracious Սուրբ Ներսէս Դ. Կլայեցի (Շնորհալի) |
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Nerses IV the Gracious illustration in 1898 book «Illustrated Armenia and Armenians» |
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| Enthroned | 1166 |
| Reign ended | August 13, 1173 |
| Predecessor | Gregory III of Cilicia |
| Successor | Gregory IV the Young |
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| Born | 1098 |
| Died | August 13, 1173 |
Nerses IV the Gracious (Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Դ. Կլայեցի (Շնորհալի); also Nerses Shnorhali or Saint Nerses the Graceful), (1098 - 13 August 1173) was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173 as well as a theologian, poet, writer and hymn composer. Nerses was born in 1098 into the noble Pahlavuni family, near present day Aintab, Turkey. While in office, he moved the see of the Catholicos from Sis to Hromkla (Rumkale). A more precise translation of his epithet Shnorhali is "filled with Grace".
| Preceded by Gregory III of Cilicia |
Catholicoi of the Holy See of Cilicia 1166–1173 |
Succeeded by Gregory IV the Young |