The fifth century Armenian historian Agathangelos describes that Hripsmé who at the time was a Christian nun in Rome, and the abbess Gayané among other nuns fled the tyrant emperor Diocletian and left to Armenia.
The fifth century Armenian historian Agathangelos wrote that the young and beautiful Hripsimé who at the time was a Christian nun in Rome, was to be forcefully married to the Roman emperor Diocletian. She and the abbess Gayané among other nuns fled the tyrant emperor and left to Armenia.