Michel Tamarati
The Reverend Michel Tamarati | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Alexander Tamarashvili September 1858 |
| Died | September 16, 1911 (aged 52–53) |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
| Ordination | 1888 |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Priest |
Michel Tamarati (born Mikhail Tamarashvili; Georgian: მიხეილ თამარაშვილი; September 1858 – September 16, 1911) was a Georgian Catholic priest and historian. He is known for his oft-cited French-language history of the Georgian Christianity, L'Eglise géorgienne des origines jusqu' à nos jours, published in Rome in 1910. He died in 1911 while trying to rescue a drowning man in stormy sea near Santa Marinella, Italy.