High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prince Ilia Chavchavadze (Georgian: ) (8 November [O.S. 27 October] 1837 12 September [O.S. 30 August] 1907) was a Georgian writer, poet, journalist and lawyer who spearheaded the revival of the Georgian national movement in the second half of the 19th century, during the Russian rule of Georgia. Today he is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Georgia. He was canonized as Saint Ilia the Righteous ( ) by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Today, Georgians revere Ch avch avadze as Pater Patriae (Father of the Fatherland) of Georgia.