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==Life==
Little in known of the life of Samuel. The dates of his birth and repose are unknown and the term of his office as catholicos is uncertain. He arrived in Georgia in company with St. Peter in the late fifth century at the invitation of King [[Vakhtang I Gorgasali of Iberia|Vakhtang Gorgasali]] and with the blessing of the [[patriarch]] of Constantinople. As with Catholicos Peter I, he came from the Eastern Roman Empire. Catholicos Samuel led the Georgian Church during the reigns of King Dachi and his son Bakur.
The residence of the catholicos was the Cathedral of Svetitskhoveli in the city of Mtskheta. After his succession following the death of Catholicos Peter, King Dachi “bestowed upon Catholicos Samuel the city of Mtskheta, according to the will of King Vakhtang.” Samuel was also a close acquaintance of the martyred Queen Shushanik.
