Behnam - ܒܗܢܡ
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Behnām and his
sister Sara were
high-born Christian martyrs who were the children of Sennacherib. They
converted to Christianity through a monk, Mattai, and were killed by their
father. Their father later repented and became a Christian and with his wife
Queen Shirin. Sennacherib and Shirin built monasteries for Mar Mattai and
Abraham near Mosul.
Names
- ܒܗܢܡ1
- Behnam
- Behnām
- Behnam1
- Behnam and his sister sarah
- BEHNĀM et sa soeur SARĀH2
- Bēhnām1
- Mar Behnam10
Floruit
300-400
Sex
male2
Notes
Behnām and his
sister Sara were
high-born Christian martyrs who were the children of Sennacherib. They
converted to Christianity through a monk, Mattai, and were killed by their
father. Their father later repented and became a Christian and with his wife
Queen Shirin. Sennacherib and Shirin built monasteries for Mar Mattai and
Abraham near Mosul.
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1811, 2004, 1546, 1783, 1265, 65.
- 2 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 86.
- 3 Paulus Bedjan,Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, 7 vols. (Paris / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1890), vol: II, p: 397-441.
- 4 Paul Peeters,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis, Subsidia Hagiographica 10 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1910), entry: 177.
- 5 Johann Georg Ernst Hoffmann,Auszüge Aus Syrischen Akten Persischer Märtyrer Übersetzt Und Durch Untersuchungen
Zur Historischen Topographie Erläutert, Abhandlungen Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 7.3 (Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1880), p: 17-19.
- 6 Addai Scher,Kitāb Sīrat ’ašhar Šuhadā’ al-Mašriq al-Qiddisīn, 2 vols. (Mossoul: Imprimerie des pères dominicains, 1900), vol: I, p: 291-306.
- 7 Alfred Baudrillart et al.,Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1912), vol: VI, col: col. 477.
- 8 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Assyrie Chrétienne. Contribution à l’étude de l’histoire et de La Géographie Ecclésiastiques
et Monastiques Du Nord de I’Iraq, 3 vols., Recherches Publiées Sous La Direction de l’lnstitut de Lettres Orientales
de Beyrouth 22, 34, 42 (Beyrouth: Imprimerie catholique, 1965), vol: II, p: 565-613.
- 9 Helen Younansardaroud,Die Legende von Mâr Behnâm,inSyriaca: Zur Geschichte, Theologie, Liturgie Und Gegenwartslage Der Syrischen Kirchen.
2. Deutsches Syrologen-Symposium (Juli 2000, Wittenberg), ed. Martin Tamcke, Studien Zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte 17 (Münster: LIT,
2002), 185–96, p: 185-96.
- 10 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Mar Behnam.
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