ABSTRACT
Georgian hagiographical texts composed at the end of the Sasanian Empire and within a few centuries of its demise also contain important albeit sporadic evidence about Iran and Iranians. While some of these sources address the Sasanian period, most have have come down to us in heavily redacted and sometimes comprehensively rewritten versions. The vitae of Peter the Iberian, Ražden the Iranian, the Thirteen Syrian Fathers (including the aforementioned Abibos), the Armenians Davit‛ and Tiričan, and others show signs of significant adjustment.1 This hagiographical overhaul is associated with the aftermath of the Armeno-K‛art‛velian schism, the triumph of Chalcedonian Christianity in eastern Georgia, and the ascendancy of the Byzantinising Bagratids.
