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Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ
(saintauthor, d. 364, first half of 4th cent. )
Names: AphrahatAphrahaṭAphrahat the PersianAphrahatAphrahaat the Persian AnchoriteAphrahat the PersianAPHRAAT LE PERSEAp(h)rahaṭAphrahates""Syriac author of 23 ‘Demonstrations’, known as ‘the Persian Sage’.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/10
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Aba of Kashkar — ܐܒܐ ܟܫܟܪܝܐ
(author, late 6th/early 7th cent. )
Names: Aba of KashkarAba of KashkarAba of KashkarÀb(h)ā v Kaškar Polymath author and diplomat during the reigns of Shah Khusrau II of Persia r 590 628 Emperor Maurice of Byzantium r 582 602...URI: http://syriaca.org/person/1086
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Elijah I — ܐܠܝܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
(author, d. 729)
Names: Elijah IEliya IElijah IElijah I, PatriarchURI: http://syriaca.org/person/119
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Ephrem — ܐܦܪܝܡ
(saintauthor, d. 373)
Names: EphremEphremEphraim the Syrian St.EphraimÉphremEphremEphrem of EdessaSaint EphremʾAfrēmÉphrem d’ÉdesseSAINT ÉPHREMAp(h)rem""Deacon, poet, and theologian.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/13
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Phocas of Edessa — ܦܘܩܐ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ
(author, 8th century )
Names: Phocas of Edessa
Phocas of Edessa
Phocas bar Sergius of EdessaURI: http://syriaca.org/person/130
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Cyriacus, patriarch of Antioch — ܩܘܪܝܐܩܘܣ
(saintauthor, d. 817, 793 )
Names: Cyriacus patriarch of Antioch
QuryaqosQuryaqos patriarch of Antioch
Qyriaqos of AntiochQyriaqos of TagritKyriakosCyriaque de TagritCyriacusCYRIAQUEKyriakos of Tagrit""Patr. of .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/145
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Dionysios of Tel Mahre — ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܬܠܡܚܪܝܐ
(author, d. 845)
Names: Dionysios of Tel MaḥreDionysius of Tell Maḥre
MarDionysios of Tel MahreDionysius of Tel-MahreDionysios of Tel MaḥreDionysius e Tellmahre Patriarcha jacobita""Patr. 818–845, historian.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/155
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ʿAbshmayya — ܥܒܫܡܝܐ
(author, 4th century )
Names: ʿAbshmayya‛Absmayya The PriestʿAbshmayyāAbshmayyā‘AbshmayyāAbsamya of EdessaʿAb(h)samjāURI: http://syriaca.org/person/16
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John, metropolitan of Dara — ܐܝܘܐܢܝܣ ܕܕܪܐ
(author, first half of 9th cent. )
Names: John metropolitan of Dara
Iwannis of Dara
John metropolitan of Dara
John of Dara
John of DaraJohn (Iwannis) of DaraIwannis""Syr. author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/161
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Severus of the Monastery of Saint Barbara — ܣܘܝܪܐ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܒܪܒܪܐ
(author, 9th cent. )
Names: Severos The MonkSeverus of Antioch
The MonkSeveros d-Qadishto BarbaraSeverus of the Monastery of Saint BarbaraSeverus the MonkSeverus of EdessaURI: http://syriaca.org/person/164
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Theodosius,
the patriarch — ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ
(author, d. 896)
Names: Theodosios (patr.)Theodosius PatriarchTheodosius the patriarchTheodosius of AntiochRomanos the physicianTheodosius (Romanos)Romanus""Patr. (887-896), author, and physician.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/169
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Isaac of Amid — ܐܝܣܚܩ ܐܡܝܕܝܐ
(author, 4th - early 5th cent. )
Names: Isaac of Amid
Isḥaq of Amid
Isaac of Amid
Isaac of AntiochIsḥàq von Antiocheia""Priest and writer.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/17
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Moses bar Kipho — ܡܘܫܐ ܒܪ ܟܐܦܐ
(saintauthor, ca. 833 -
)
Names: Mushe bar KiphoMushe bar KiphoMoses Mar Bar KephaMoses bar KiphoMoses bar KephaMoïse bar KéphaMoses Bar KiphaMōšē bar KīpāMoïse bar Képha (notice)MOÏSE BAR KĪPHASevere""Bp. of Beth Raman (north of ), and writer.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/173
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Cyrillona — ܩܘܪܠܘܢܐ
(author, late 4th cent. )
Names: CyrillonaQurillonaCyrillonaCyrillonaQûrillônāCyrillonas (Qurillona)""Syriac poet.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/20
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Gregory of Cyprus — ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܕܩܘܦܪܘܣ
(author, 6th/7th cent. )
Names: Gregory of CyprusGrigorios of CyprusGregory of CyprusGregory of CyprusGregorios"Monastic author Very little is known of this Persian monk from Susiana and earlier scholars wrongly identified him as a contemporary of Epiphanius..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/21
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Dionysios bar
Salibi — ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܨܠܝܒܝ
(saintauthor, d. 1171)
Names: Dionysios bar ṢalibiDionysius Jacob Bar ṢalibiDionysius bar ṢalibiDionysius bar SalibhiDionysios bar
SalibiDenys bar Salibi (notice)Dionysios bar ṢalibiJacob bar SalibiDionysius Bar Salibi""Metropolitan of , and prolific Syr. Orth. author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/212
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Michael the Great — ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܪܒܐ
(author, 1126 - 1199)
Names: Michael the GreatMichael Rabo IMichael the Great MarMichael the SyrianMichel le GrandMichael I the GreatMichael I (1199) Patriarcha jacobita"Patr and historian most notably of a World Chronicle Michael I Rabo 1126 1199 was a distinguished Patr and a dominant figure in..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/217
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Marutha of
Maypherqat — ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܝܦܪܩܛ
(saintauthor, d.
, 4th/5th cent. )
Names: Marutha of
MaypherqatMarutha of MaypherqaṭMarutha of Miyapharqin
Marutha of MaipherqatMaruta of MayperqatMĀRŪṮĀ DE MAYPERQATMarutha of MaiperqaṭBischof Màrût(h)ā von Maiperqaṭ""Bp., doctor, and co-convenor of the Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (410).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/25
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Rabbula of Edessa — ܪܒܘܠܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ
(saintauthor, d. 435/6)
Names: Rabbula of Edessa
Rabbula of Edessa
Rabula metropolitan of Edessa
RabbulaRabūlāRabūlāRabboulaRABBŪLARabbula of EdessaBischof Rabbûlā von EdessaRabbula ep. Edessae""Bp. of (411/2–435/6).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/26
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Balai, bishop of Balsh — ܒܠܝ
(author, early 5th cent. )
Names: Balai bishop of Balsh
BalaiBalai bishop of Balsh
BalaïBàlai""Chorepiscopos and poet writing in the region of Aleppo.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/27
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Bardaisan — ܒܪ ܕܝܨܢ
(author, 154 - 222)
Names: BardaiṣanBar DaysanBardesanBardaiṣànBardaisan""Earliest known Syriac author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/3
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Aba II of Kashkar — ܐܒܐ ܒܪ ܒܪܝܟ ܨܒܝܢܗ
(author, 641 - 751)
Names: Aba of Kashkar IIMar Aba IIAba II of KashkarMàr(j) Àb(h)ā II.Mar Aba II KatholikosAba bar Brik Ṣebyaneh""Scholar, Bp. of , and Cath. (741-751).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/307
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Aba — ܐܒܐ
(author, ca. 400 )
Names: AbaAbaAbaMar AbaÀb(h)ā""Disciple of , author, and biblical commentator.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/308
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Abraham of Nathpar — ܐܒܪܗܡ ܢܬܦܪܝܐ
(saintauthor, 6th - early 7th cent. )
Names: Abraham of NathparAbraham of NaphtarAbraham of NatparAbraham de NathparAbrāhām NeptarāyāAbraham of NethparAbraham of NaphtarʾAḇrāhām NeptarāyāAbraham de NethparABRAHAM DE NEṮPARAbraham of NathparAbraham de NathparAbraham de Nephtar""Monastic author." At various points in the tradition, the pe ["URI: http://syriaca.org/person/321
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Acacius of Seleucia — ܐܩܩ
(author, late 5th cent. )
Names: AqaqAcaciusAcaciusAcacius of SeleuciaAcacius (Aqaq) Katholikos""Bp. of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Cath. (484-495/6).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/338
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Stephen Bar Sudayli — ܐܣܛܦܐܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܕܐܝ̈ܠܐ
(author, 6th cent. )
Names: Stephen Bar SudayliSṭephanos bar ṢudayliStephen Bar SudayliStephen bar ṢudayliStephen bar SudaileStephen bar SudhailiStephanus bar Sudaile""Monk in the early 6th cent. to whom pantheist ideas were attributed; likely author of the ‘Book of the holy Hierotheos’.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/36
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Barsauma of Nisibis — ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ
(author, d. ca. 491-96)
Names: Barsauma of NisibisBarṣawma of NisibisBarsauma of NisibisBarṣawma of NisibisBar Sauma Nisibenus""Controversial E.-Syr. Bp. of Nisibis.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/369
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Simeon the
Potter — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܘܩܝܐ
(author, d. 514, 5th/6th cent. )
Names: Shemʿun QuqoyoSimon the Potter DeaconSimon QuqoyoSimeon the PotterSimeon the
PotterShemun QuqoyoShem‘un QuqoyoSimeon Quqaja (Aigulus)""Author of nine short poems on the Nativity.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/37
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Jacob of Serugh — ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܣܪܘܓ
(saintauthor, ca. 451 - 521)
Names: Yaʿqub of SerughJacob the Malphono of Sarug
MarJacob of SerughJacob of SarugYaqub of SerughYa‘qub of SerughJacques de SerughYaʿqōb d-Batnān da-SrugJacob of SerughYaʾqōḇ d-ḇatnān da-SrūgJacques de SarougJACQUES DE SAROUGSerughJacobus SarugensisJacob of BatnaeJacob of Serūg""Poet, known as ‘the Flute of the Holy Spirit and the Harp of the Church’; bp. of (519–21).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/42
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Philoxenos of
Mabbug — ܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܕܡܒܘܓ
(saintauthor, ca. 440s? - 523)
Names: Philoxenos of MabbugPhiloxenus of Mabug
MarPhiloxenus of MabbugPhiloxène de MabougPhiloxenos of
MabbugPHILOXÈNEPīlōksīnōs d-MabōghPīlāksīnōs d-MabōgPhiloxène de MabbogAksenoyo; XenosPhiloxenus Mabbugensis""Metropolitan bp. of (485-519), ascetic theologian, christological polemicist, and sponsor of the Philoxenian NT.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/44
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Denha — ܕܢܚܐ
(author, 9th cent.? )
Names: DenhaDenḥaDenḥāDenhaDenḥā
The author of a commentary on the Psalms and other works. Possibly a disciple of Ishoʿ bar Nun .
URI: http://syriaca.org/person/444
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Paul, bishop of
Kallinikos — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܩܠܘܢܝܩܝ
(author, first half of 6th cent. )
Names: Pawlos of KallinikosPaul bishop of
al-Raqqa
Paul bishop of
KallinikosPaul of
CallinicumPaul of Kallinikos""Bp. of Kallinikos; translator of works of Severus of Anitioch.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/47
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Mara, metropolitan of Amid — ܡܪܐ ܕܐܡܝܕ
(author, d. 529)
Names: Mara metropolitan of Amid
Mara metropolitan of Amid
Mara of Amid
Mara of AmidURI: http://syriaca.org/person/48
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John of Tella — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܬܠܐ
(saintauthor, 482 - 538)
Names: Yuḥanon of Tella
John of Tella
Yuḥanon bar QursosYuḥanānJohn of TellaJohnYōḥanānJean de TellaJEAN, ÉVÊQUE DE TELLAJohn bar Kursos of TellaIoannes (Johannan) Bar Kursos ep. Tellae""Bp. of Tella (d-Mawzlat) 519–21.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/50
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Hiba of Edessa — ܗܝܒܐ
(author, d. 457)
Names: Hiba of EdessaHibaIbasHiba of EdessaIbasHiba (Ibas)""Bp. of .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/534
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Isaac of Nineveh — ܐܝܣܚܩ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ
(saintauthor,
)
Names: Isaac of NinevehIsḥaq of NinevehIsaac of NinevehIsḥāqIsaac of NinevaIsaacʾĪsḥāqIsaac de NiniveISAACIsaac of NinevahIsaac the SyrianIsaac Ninivita""Influential monastic author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/550
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Daniel of Salah — ܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܨܠܚܝܐ
(author, mid-6th cent. )
Names: Daniel of SalahDaniel of Ṣalaḥ
Daniel of SalahDaniel of ṢalaḥDaniel of Ṣalaḥ (Danyēl Ṣalḥāyā)""Biblical exegete, theologian, abbot and possibly bp.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/59
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Moses of Aggel — ܡܘܫܐ ܐܓܠܝܐ
(author, 6th cent. )
Names: Mushe of AggelMoses of Agel
Moses of AggelMoses of
InghileneInghileneMoses of Aggel""Translator of Cyril of Alexandria’s Glaphyra and of the History of Joseph and Aseneth (incorporated into Pseudo-Zacharias’s Ecclesiastical History, I.6).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/64
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Narsai — ܢܪܣܝ
(saintauthor, d.
)
Names: NarsaiNarsaiNarsaïNARSAÏNarsai (Narsetes)""Poet and teacher of exegesis at the ).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/650
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Paul of Nisibis — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ
(author, d.
)
Names: Paul of NisibisPawlos of NisibisPaul of NisibisPaul of NisibisPAUL, métropolite de NisibePaulus Nisibenus""Theologian, biblical commentator, and bp. of Nisibis, for which position he was selected in 544 by Cath. Mar Aba, his former teacher.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/673
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Proba of Antioch — ܦܪܘܒܐ
(author, probably 6th cent. )
Names: Proba of AntiochProbȧProbus of Antioch ArchdeacoṅProba of AntiochProbus""Syriac commentator on Aristotle’s writings on logic.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/686
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Jacob Baradaeus — ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܘܪܕܥܝܐ
(saintauthor, d. 578)
Names: Jacob BaradaeusYaʿqub BurdʿoyoJacob Mar BaradaeusJacob BurdʿoyoJacob BaradaeusYaqub BurdoyoYa‘qub Burd‘oyoJacob BurdoyoJacob Burd‘oyoJacobYaʾqōḇJacquesJacques BaradéeJACQUES BARADÉEJacobus Burde'ana (Baradaeus)""Bp. of (542–578) and missionary.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/69
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John of Ephesus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ
(author, ca. 507 - 589)
Names: John of Ephesus
Yuḥanon of Ephesus
John of Ephesus
John of AsiaJean d’ÉphèseJohn of EphesusIoannes Ephesi (aut Asiae)""Monk, missionary, church leader, (titular) Bp. of Ephesus, hagiographer, and historian.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/74
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Simeon the
Stylite — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ
(saintauthor, ca. 380 - 459)
Names: Simeon the
StyliteShemʿun the StyliteSimon the StyliteSimeon the
StyliteSimon the
StyliteShemun the StyliteShem‘un the StyliteShemʿun d-EsṭōunēhSymeon the StyliteŠemʾōn d-ʾEsṭōnēhSyméon le StyliteSIMÉON LE STYLITEŠemʿôn der Stylite""Saint. Born in the village of Sisa near Nicopolis, Shemʿun was the child of Christian parents.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/744
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Peter of Kallinikos — ܦܛܪܘܣ ܓ ܩܠܘܢܝܩܝܐ
(saintauthor, d. 591, 2nd half of 6th cent. )
Names: Peter of KallinikosPeter of KallinikosPeter of KallinikosPeter of al-Raqqa
IIIPeter of
CallinicumPeṭrāPeter of CallinicusPēṭrāPierre de CalliniquePeter of KallinikosPetrus e Callinico""Syr. Orth. Patr. of , theologian, and liturgist.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/75
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John of Dalyatha — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ
(saintauthor, 8th cent. )
Names: John of DalyathaYoḥannan of DalyathaJohn DalyathaJohn of DalyathaJohn SabaYuḥanān d-DālāyāthāJohn of DalyathaJohn of DalyataYōḥanān d-DālyāṯāJean de DalyathaJEAN DE DALYĀṮASaba the ElderIoannes e Daljata""Commonly known as Yoḥannan Saba (‘Elder’). An E.-Syr. monk, author of a Syriac collection of mystical discourses, letters, and maxims (‘chapters of knowledge’).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/826
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Zenobius — ܙܢܘܒܝܣ
(author, 4th century )
Names: Zenobius DeaconZenobiusZenobius of
GazirZenobiusZenobiosZenobius e GazirURI: http://syriaca.org/person/853
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Thomas of Harqel — ܬܐܘܡܐ ܚܪܩܠܝܐ
(author, ca. 570 - 640, 627 )
Names: Tumo of ḤarqelThomas of Harkel
Thomas of HarqelThomas of ḤarqelThomas e Harqel (Heraclea)""Bp. of Mabbug (Hierapolis northeast of Aleppo) at the beginning of the 7th cent.; diplomat and Bible translator of excellent Greek education.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/87
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Simeon bar Sabbaʿe — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪ ܨܒܥ̈ܐ
(saintauthor, d. 341 or 344)
Names: Simeon bar SabbaʿeShemʿon bar ṢabbaʿeSimon Bar Ṣabba‛iSimon bar ṢabbaʿeSimeon bar SabbaʿeShemon bar ṢabbaeShem‘on bar Ṣabba‘eSimon bar ṢabbaeSimon bar Ṣabba‘eSimeon Bar Sabba'eSymeon bar Sabba'eSyméon bar Sabba‘éSIMÉON BAR SABBĀ'ÉSimeon bar Sabba'eŠemʾōn Bar SabāʾēSyméon bar SabbaéSimeon bar SabbaʿePatriarch Šemʿôn bar Ṣabbàʿē"Bp of and martyr Shemʿon was probably the immediate successor of Papa bar ʿAggai d between 327 and 335 but nothing is known..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/9
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Marutha of Tagrit — ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ
(saintauthor, d. 649)
Names: Marutha of TagritMarutha of TagritMarutha of TagritMarutha of Takrit
MarūtāMaroutha of TagritMārūṯāMarouta de TagritMĀRŪṮĀ DE TAKRĪTMarutha of TagritMarutha Tagrithesis""Metropolitan of .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/93
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Philip — ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ
(author)
Names: PhilipPhilipPhillip, disciple of BardaisanPhilipposURI: http://syriaca.org/person/951
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Maʿna of Shiraz — ܡܥܢܐ ܕܫܝܪܙ
(author)
Names: Maʿna of ShirazMaʿna of ShirazMana of ShirazMa‘na of ShirazMaʿna of ShirazMaʿnāURI: http://syriaca.org/person/967
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Pethion — ܦܬܝܘܢ
(author, 8th cent.-9th cent.? )
Names: PethionPethionPeṯyūnPethyunPēthyunPethiōnPet(h)jônPet(h)jônAuthor of an ecclesiastical history whose accounts regarding Christian physicians were cited by Elijah of Nisibis .URI: http://syriaca.org/person/996