Azarias Friton

{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = Most Reverend | name = Azarias Friton | title = Archbishop of Nakhchivan | image = | alt = | caption = | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nakhchivan|Archdiocese of Nakhchivan]] | diocese = | see = | term = 1604–1607 | predecessor = [[Nicholas Friton]] | successor = [[Matthaeus Erasmos]]  | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = 9 May 1604 | consecrated_by = [[Girolamo Bernerio]] | cardinal = | rank =  | birth_date = 1563 | birth_place = | death_date = 7 January 1607 | death_place = [[Rome]], [[Papal States]] | previous_post = | buried = [[San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani]], [[Rome]] }}

'''Azarias Friton, [[Order of Preachers|O.P.]]''' (1563 – 7 January, 1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as [[Archbishop of Nakhchivan]] (1604–1607).<ref name=CathHierAzaFrit>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfriton.html "Archbishop Azarias Friton, O.P."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016</ref><ref name=CathHierNakhchivan>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dn531.html "Archdiocese of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan)"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref><ref name=GCathNakhchivan>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/nach0.htm "Archdiocese of Nachitschewan”] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref>

==Biography== Azarias Friton was born in 1563 and appointed a priest in the [[Order of Preachers]].<ref name=CathHierAzaFrit /> On 24 March 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of [[Pope Clement VIII]] as [[Archbishop of Nakhchivan]]<ref name=CathHierAzaFrit /> as successor to his uncle [[Nicholas Friton]]. On 9 May 1604, he was consecrated bishop by [[Girolamo Bernerio]], [[Cardinal-Bishop]] of ''Albano'', with [[Agostino Quinzio]], [[Bishop of Korčula]], and [[Leonard Abel]], [[Titular Bishop]] of ''Sidon'', serving as co-consecrators.<ref name=CathHierAzaFrit /> He served as Archbishop of Nakhchivan until his death on 7 January 1607<ref name=CathHierAzaFrit /> in [[Rome]]. His current resting place is [[San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Esche-Ramshorn |first=Christiane |date=2017-01-01 |title=Reordering the Catholic Armenian Churches of Rome and Nakhichevan |url=https://www.academia.edu/49350508/Reordering_the_Catholic_Armenian_Churches_of_Rome_and_Nakhichevan |journal=Reflections on Armenia and the Christian Orient}}</ref>

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