A 5th-century Laz monk and theologian, born in Lazica, who became a founder of Christian monasticism in Jerusalem and the lifelong companion of Peter the Iberian.

After Russia annexed Batumi in 1878, tens of thousands of Muslim Laz left as muhacir and resettled around Duzce, the Marmara region and Istanbul.

Lazuri Nena, the grammar that set down the rules of a language carried for centuries in songs, proverbs and everyday speech.