Isaiah of Aleppo - ܐܫܥܝܐ ܚܠܒܝܐ

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Isaiah of Aleppo was a saint said to be the last survivor of the disciples of Mar Awgin, and some traditions attribute the composition of the life of Awgin to him. Isaiah and his wife never touched, living together in continence. He travelled throughout Mesopotamia and converted 3000 Marcionites.

Names

  • ܐܫܥܝܐ ܚܠܒܝܐ1
  • Isaiah of Aleppo
  • Eshaʿyā Ḥālābāyā
  • ISAÏE D'ALEP2
  • Isaïe d’Alep1
  • ŠA'YA7
  • Shaʿya
  • ʾĪšaʾyā Ḥālābāyā1

Sex

male2

Floruit

3502

Notes

Isaiah of Aleppo was a saint said to be the last survivor of the disciples of Mar Awgin, and some traditions attribute the composition of the life of Awgin to him. Isaiah and his wife never touched, living together in continence. He travelled throughout Mesopotamia and converted 3000 Marcionites.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 92.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 205.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., : III, 534-71.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., : 549.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic recordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 Addai Scher, Kitāb ašhar šuhadā' al-mašriq (Vies des saints martyrs d'Orient (Mossoul, 1900)., : II, 192-209.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 250-51.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 7 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 395.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Isaiah of Aleppo — ܐܫܥܝܐ ܚܠܒܝܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1280.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Isaiah of Aleppo — ܐܫܥܝܐ ܚܠܒܝܐ .”, 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/1280.

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Entry Title: Isaiah of Aleppo — ܐܫܥܝܐ ܚܠܒܝܐ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • 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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