Nerses ( xcl, Ներսէս) is an Armenian variant of

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. With the addition of -ian and -yan, it becomes an Armenian family name like Nersesian and Nersisyan. Nerses may refer to: Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Saint Nerses I or

St. Nerses I ::''There was also a Caucasian Albanian Catholicos Nerses I, who ruled in 689–706, and a Patriarch Nerses I of Constantinople, who ruled in 1704.'' Nerses I the Great ( hy, Ներսէս Ա Մեծ ) was an Armenian Catholicos (or Patriarch) w ...

, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Great (d. 373) *

Nerses II of Armenia Nerses ( xcl, Ներսէս) is an Armenian variant of Narses. With the addition of -ian and -yan, it becomes an Armenian family name like Nersesian and Nersisyan. Nerses may refer to: Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Saint Nerses I o ...

, Catholicos of Armenia, (d. 557) * Nerses III the Builder, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Builder (d. 661) *

Nerses IV the Gracious Nerses IV the Gracious (; also Nerses Shnorhali, Nerses of Kla or Saint Nerses the Graceful; 1102 – 13 August 1173) was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173. A more precise translation of his epithet ''Shnorhali'' is "filled with Grace". He ...

, Catholicos of Cilicia, also known Nerses the Graceful (d. 1173) *

Nerses V :''There was also a Caucasian Albanian anti-Catholicos Nerses V, who ruled in 1706–1736.'' Nerses V ( hy, Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի, ) (1770 – February 13, 1857), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church betwee ...

, Catholicos of Armenia (d. 1857) Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi *Four catholicoi and one anti-catholicos, see List of Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi Catholicoi-Patriarchs of the Armenian Catholic Church * Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, current patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church Other religious figures *

Nerses Balients Nerses Balients, also Nerses Balienc ( hy, Ներսէս Պալիանենց, Պալիենց, Պալիանց) or Nerses Bagh'on, was a Christian Armenian monk of the early 14th century. He is mainly known for writing a history of the Kingdom of Cilic ...

, also Nerses Balienc or Nerses Bagh'on, a Christian Armenian monk of the early 14th century * Nerses of Lambron, Archbishop of Tarsus Political figures *

Nerses of Iberia Nerse ( ka, ნერსე, also spelled ''Nerses''), of the Nersianid family, was a ruling prince of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) from c. 760 to 772 and again from 775 to 779/80. Nerse succeeded his father, Adarnase III, Curopalates of Ibe ...

, or Nerse of Iberia, 8th-century Georgian prince Contemporary figures *

Nerses Yeritsyan Nerses Yeritsyan ( hy, Ներսես Հենրիկի Երիցյան; born February 23, 1971 in Yerevan) is deputy president of the Central Bank of Armenia and former Minister of Economy. Since Armenia's independence he has actively been involved in ...

, Armenian minister and public administrator *

Nercesse Nercesse (last name unknown; ar, نارسيس), also spelled Narcis, was a Lebanese footballer who played as an forward. Nercesse played for DPHB, Homenetmen, Antranik, and Sagesse at club level. He took part in Lebanon's first internationa ...

, Lebanese footballer

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