What is Saint Mesrob?
[[Image:Mesrob Mashtots 1882.jpg|thumb|250px|Saint Mesrop Mashtots]] '''Saint Mesrop Mashtots''' (also Mesrob, Mashtotz, {{lang-hy|Մեսրոբ Մաշտոց}}, 360 - [[February 17]], 440) was an [[Armenia]]n Christian [[monk]]. He invented the [[Armenian alphabet]] in the year [[406]]. He was a theologian and linguist. This invention was a basic and important step in strengthening three things for the Armenian identity: the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Church]], the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and connections between the Armenian Kingdom and Armenians living in the Byzantine and Iranian Empires. <ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Mesrop-Mashtots St. Mesrop MashtotsArmenian theologian and linguist]''Encyclopedia Britannica''</ref> He is best known for inventing the [[Armenian alphabet]] {{circa|405}} AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hacikyan|first1=Agop Jack|author-link1=Agop Jack Hacikyan|last2=Basmajian|first2=Gabriel|last3=Franchuk|first3=Edward S.|last4=Ouzounian|first4=Nourhan|title=The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age|year=2000|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=9780814328156|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uvA-oV0alP8C&pg=PA91 91]}}</ref> He is also considered to be the creator of the [[Caucasian Albanian alphabet|Caucasian Albanian]] and [[Georgian alphabet|Georgian]] alphabets by some scholars.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Glen Warren Bowersock|editor-link=Glen Warren Bowersock|editor2=Peter Robert Lamont Brown|editor2-link=Peter Robert Lamont Brown|editor3=Oleg Grabar |editor3-link=Oleg Grabar |title=Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1999|isbn=0-674-51173-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lateantiquitygui00bowe}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rayfield|first=Donald|author-link=Donald Rayfield|title=The Literature of Georgia: A History |date=2000|publisher=Curzon Press|locatio