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In hagiography: Severus, bishop of Samosata and known as a wonder-worker, was
the brother of the Patriarch Athanasius the
Camel-Driver. He accompanied his brother to
meet Heraclius to return the cross of Jerusalem, and he endured persecution for
his Miaphysite position. He lived much of the year as a solitary monk, and he was lame for
much of his life after he broke his leg from falling off a horse. He was known for chasing
away demons.
Names
- Severus the Wonderworker
- SÉVÈRE, ÉVÊQUE DE SAMOSATE ET THAUMATURGE1
Sex
male1
Death
6411
Floruit
5951
Notes
In hagiography: Severus, bishop of Samosata and known as a wonder-worker, was
the brother of the Patriarch Athanasius the
Camel-Driver. He accompanied his brother to
meet Heraclius to return the cross of Jerusalem, and he endured persecution for
his Miaphysite position. He lived much of the year as a solitary monk, and he was lame for
much of his life after he broke his leg from falling off a horse. He was known for chasing
away demons.
Status: incomplete
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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: 404.
- 3 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 1016-17.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Severus the Wonderworker.”, 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/1467.About this Entry
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