Patriarch Shio II of Georgia

Patriarch Shio II of Georgia

Shio II ( _ka. შიო) was Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia from 1440 to 1443. A close ally of the king Alexander I of Georgia, he was actively involved in the rehabilitation of the country after the devastating invasions by Timur.


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