Editing Peroz I (section)

== Religious policy ==
[[File:Peroz I in the Chronology of Ancient Nations.jpg|thumb|14th-century illustration of Peroz I questioning a group of [[Zoroastrian]] priests]]
Peroz, like all other Sasanian rulers, was an adherent of [[Zoroastrianism]].{{sfn|Payne|2015a|p=2}} According to al-Tabari, Peroz "displayed just rule and praiseworthy conduct, and showed piety," which according to Schippmann, indicates that he was most likely amenable to the demands of the Zoroastrian clergy.{{sfn|Schippmann|1999|pp=631–632}}{{sfn|Bosworth|1999|p=110}} Under Peroz, the Zoroastrian sect of [[Zurvanism]] was seemingly rejected, although he retained the staunch Zurvanite [[Mihr-Narseh]] as his minister ({{transliteration|pal|[[wuzurg framadar]]}}).{{sfn|Daryaee|2000}} Under Peroz, the [[Iranian calendar]] was reformed; the New Year ([[Nowruz]]) and the epagomenal from the month [[Farvardin|Frawardin]] were moved to the month [[Atar#As a divinity|Adur]].{{sfn|Stausberg|Vevaina|Tessmann|2015|p=131}}

Unlike his father, Peroz did not attempt to convert the Caucasian Albanians and Armenians to Zoroastrianism.{{sfn|Schippmann|1999|pp=631–632}} Nevertheless, persecutions of Christians and Jews were reported to have occurred during Peroz's reign.{{sfn|Schippmann|1999|pp=631–632}} While Jewish accounts claim Iranian fanaticism as the reason behind the persecutions, Iranian accounts accuse the Jews of abusing the Zoroastrian priests. The modern historian [[Jacob Neusner]] suggested that there may be some truth in the Iranian accounts, and that the Jews may had done it due to anticipating the coming of the [[Messiah]], who was to arrive 400 years after the [[Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)|destruction of the Second Temple]] (dated by the [[rabbi]]s in 68 AD, thus in 468). He further adds that the Jews may have expected the country to become Jewish now with the coming of the Messiah.{{sfn|Neusner|1983|p=916}} According to the modern historian Eberhard Sauer, Sasanian monarchs only persecuted other religions when it was in their urgent political interests to do so.{{sfn|Sauer|2017|p=190}}

Peroz supported the new Christian sect of [[Nestorianism]] as the official doctrine of the [[Church of the East|Iranian Christian church]]. In 484, shortly before Peroz's death, a council took place in Gundeshapur, where Nestorianism was announced as the official doctrine of the church.{{sfn|Schippmann|1999|pp=631–632}}