Abraham of the High Mountain - ܐܒܪܗܡ

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Abraham was a famous monk and miracle-worker of the monastery of the High Mountain north of Mount Izla, and he was the teacher of Bar Ṣauma. He founded a monastery near Midyat where the stylite Abel was.

Names

  • ܐܒܪܗܡ1
  • Abraham of the High Mountain
  • Abraham
  • ABRAHAM2
  • Abraham de la Haute Montagne1
  • Abraham of High Mountain7
  • ʾAḇrāhām1

Sex

male2

Death

3992

Event

The saint is venerated on West Syrian, April 18. 2

Notes

Abraham was a famous monk and miracle-worker of the monastery of the High Mountain north of Mount Izla, and he was the teacher of Bar Ṣauma. He founded a monastery near Midyat where the stylite Abel was.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 479, 971.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 19.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Paul Peeters, "Le martyrologe de Rabban Ṣalība." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 27 (1908)., : 180.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record
  • 4 François Nau, Les légendes syriaques d'Aaron de Saroug, de Maxime et Domèce, d'Abraham, maître de Barsoma, et de l'empereur Maurice. Les miracles de Saint Ptolémée. (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1910)., : 767-74.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 François Nau, "Résumé de monographies syriaques." Revue de l'Orient chrétien vol. 18, 270-76, 379-89; 19, 113-134, 278-89, 414-440; 20, 3-32. (1913)., : 414-19. ( 1914) Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : I, 115-16.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 7 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Abraham of High Mountain.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Abraham of the High Mountain — ܐܒܪܗܡ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1109.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Abraham of the High Mountain — ܐܒܪܗܡ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1109.

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Entry Title: Abraham of the High Mountain — ܐܒܪܗܡ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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  • Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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