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John the Egyptian - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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In hagiography: John the Egyptian or the mourner was the student and compatriot of Mar Awgin. He lived as a solitary on Mount Qardu. He converted the pagans there. He built and was buried at a monastery called Ḥlahlaḥ which was renamed after him.

Names

  • John the Egyptian
  • JEAN L'EGYPTIEN1
  • Jean l’Égyptien, disciple de saint Eugène2
  • John the Mourner

Sex

male1

Notes

In hagiography: John the Egyptian or the mourner was the student and compatriot of Mar Awgin. He lived as a solitary on Mount Qardu. He converted the pagans there. He built and was buried at a monastery called Ḥlahlaḥ which was renamed after him.
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  • 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 244.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1814.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Jean Maurice Fiey, Nisibe, métropole syriaque orientale et ses suffragants des origines à nos jours (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1977)., : 197-99. Note: References and details on the life of the monastery, situated at Lower Dera, north of the Tigris, is from Finik. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : VI, 353.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John the Egyptian” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1311.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John the Egyptian.”, 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/1311.

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Entry Title: John the Egyptian

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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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