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Maʿin - ܡܥܝܢ

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Maʿin was a general of Shapur II. He became a Christian when he witnesses the martyrdom of Dōdō. He was baptized and arrested. He built 69 places of worship around Sinjar. He died at age 114 in a monastery that he built near Europos.

Names

  • ܡܥܝܢ1
  • Maʿin
  • MA'ĪN2
  • Maʾīn1
  • Maʿin
  • Ma‘în1

Sex

male2

Death

4242

Attestation

Maʿin is commemorated in Maʿin (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1226] .

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Notes

Maʿin was a general of Shapur II. He became a Christian when he witnesses the martyrdom of Dōdō. He was baptized and arrested. He built 69 places of worship around Sinjar. He died at age 114 in a monastery that he built near Europos.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1068.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 281.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., : 783.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic recordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Georg Hoffmann, Auszüge aus syrischen Akten persischer Märtyrer (Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1880)., : 28-33.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 Jean Maurice Fiey, "Ma‘īn, général de Sapor II, confesseur et évêque." Le Muséon vol. 84 (1971)., : 437-53.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sebastian P Brock, The history of the Holy Mar Maʻin with a guide to the Persian martyr acts (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2008).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Maʿin — ܡܥܝܢ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1349.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Maʿin — ܡܥܝܢ .”, 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/1349.

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Entry Title: Maʿin — ܡܥܝܢ

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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
  • Editing by James E. Walters
  • 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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