John or Hovhan Mamikonyan (in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

Հովհան Մամիկոնյան) was a 7th-century Armenian noble from the

Mamikonian Mamikonian or Mamikonean ( Classical hy, Մամիկոնեան; reformed orthography: Մամիկոնյան; Western Armenian pronunciation: ''Mamigonian'') was an aristocratic dynasty which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th c ...

dynasty, author of the ''History of Taron'', which is a continuation of the account of

Zenob Glak Zenob Glak ( hy, Զենոբ Գլակ) was an Armenian historian who became the first abbot of the Glak monastery (also known as ''Surb Karapet Monastery'', dedicated to St. John the Baptist ) in the Taron region of Greater Armenia. He began the c ...

. John is not known from any source other than his ''History'', and in the colophon self-identifies as the 35th bishop of Glak after Zenob.

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trans. Robert Bedrosian (1985)
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