Konstanti Kakhi

Konstanti Kakhay
Saint Kostanti Kakhay by Mikhail Sabinin
Born768
Kartli
DiedNovember 10, 853 (aged 84-85)
Samarra, Iraq
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
FeastNovember 10

Konstanti Kakhay or Konstanti Kakhi (Georgian: კონსტანტი კახაჲ; კონსტანტი კახი) (768 – November 10, 853) was a Christian Georgian nobleman from Kartli, who was seized captive by the Abbasid general Bugha al-Kabir during his 853 expedition into the Caucasus. He was subsequently put to death, at the age of 85, for refusing to convert to Islam. This made Kostanti a subject of the contemporaneous hagiography and a saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Kakhay's capture is also documented in a Georgian inscription from the Ateni Sioni church and his death as a martyr is mentioned by the 9th-10th century Armenian chronicler Tovma Artsruni. The Georgian church commemorates him on November 10 (O.S.).