Nerses ( xcl, wikt:Ներսէս, 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 or St. Nerses I, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Great (d. 373) * Nerses II of Armenia, Catholicos of Armenia, (d. 557) * Nerses III the Builder, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Builder (d. 661) * Nerses IV the Gracious, Catholicos of Cilicia, also known Nerses the Graceful (d. 1173) * Nerses V, 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, 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, or Nerse of Iberia, 8th-century Georgian prince Contemporary figures *Nerses Yeritsyan, Armenian minister and public administrator *Nercesse, Lebanese footballer

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