# Caucasian Albania adopts Christianity (c. 315)

URL: https://christianity-history.com/timeline/315-caucasian-albania-adopts-christianity
Location: Caucasian Albania (modern Azerbaijan)
Themes: Mission

King Urnayr of Caucasian Albania, a kingdom in today's Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan, is baptised, traditionally by Gregory the Illuminator, and Christianity becomes the religion of his court. The Albanian church later developed its own alphabet and remained linked to the Armenian church. At this point in the timeline (c. 315), the Bishop of Rome was Pope Sylvester I (31 January 314 – 31 December 335).

## Why it matters
Together with Armenia and Georgia, it made the South Caucasus one of the earliest Christian regions in the world.

Pope at the time: [Pope Sylvester I](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-sylvester-i)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Caucasian Albania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Albania)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Caucasian Albania adopts Christianity](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Caucasian+Albania+adopts+Christianity)
- [Wikipedia — Age Of Councils (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils)