Paul of Edessa - ܦܘܠܘܣ
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Paul of Edessa was a bishop from the Italian peninsula who left his see and travelled to Edessa where, in disguise, he was hired into service as a household servant by John of Edessa, a priest. 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.
Names
Sex
male2
Floruit
418-4352
Attestation
Paul of Edessa is commemorated in Paul the bishop and John the priest (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1127] .
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Paul of Edessa was a bishop from the Italian peninsula who left his see and travelled to Edessa where, in disguise, he was hired into service as a household servant by John of Edessa, a priest. 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.
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 960.
- 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 339, Note:
S.P. Brock,
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Paul of Edessa — ܦܘܠܘܣ .”, 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/1405.About this Entry
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