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John of Edessa - ܝܘܚܢܢ

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In hagiography: John of Edessa was a priest from Edessa who nourished 12 holy men in a cave. He became friends with Paul of Edessa, his workman, who was actually a Latin bishop in disguise. The two lived a life of prayer and spiritual companionship. They travelled to Sinai. Back in Edessa, they interacted with Matthew the eunuch, a woman hiding in a monastery. They travelled to Jerusalem. Paul performed miracles and fled to Nisibis. John found him there, and Paul told him to return to Edessa. Paul died, and John died 8 months later. The story was set in the time of the Bishop Rabbula of Edessa.

Names

  • ܝܘܚܢܢ7
  • John of Edessa
  • JEAN D'EDESSE1
  • Jean le prêtre7
  • John, the priest
  • Yōḥanān7

Sex

male1

Floruit

418-4351

Notes

In hagiography: John of Edessa was a priest from Edessa who nourished 12 holy men in a cave. He became friends with Paul of Edessa, his workman, who was actually a Latin bishop in disguise. The two lived a life of prayer and spiritual companionship. They travelled to Sinai. Back in Edessa, they interacted with Matthew the eunuch, a woman hiding in a monastery. They travelled to Jerusalem. Paul performed miracles and fled to Nisibis. John found him there, and Paul told him to return to Edessa. Paul died, and John died 8 months later. The story was set in the time of the Bishop Rabbula of Edessa.
S.P. Brock,
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 255.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 François Halkin and Bollandists, Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca (Bruxelles: Société des Bollandistes, 1957)., : 1476.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 Vincenzo Ruggieri and Luca Pieralli, Eukosmia : studi miscellanei per il 75. di Vincenzo Poggi S.J. (Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro): Rubbettino, 2003)., : 104 n. 8.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, 766.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 7 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 960.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Edessa — ܝܘܚܢܢ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1321.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Edessa — ܝܘܚܢܢ .”, 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/1321.

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Entry Title: John of Edessa — ܝܘܚܢܢ

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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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