Simeon - ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ
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Simeon was the
Bishop of Ḥarran.
He was also known as “Simeon of the Olives.” He was born in Ṭur ʿAbdin and had been a
student in the monastery of Qartmin. He was a great builder of churches and
monasteries, and assisted Muslims in Nisibis by helping them
build a mosque.
Names
Birth
655
Death
734
Sex
male2
Notes
Simeon was the
Bishop of Ḥarran.
He was also known as “Simeon of the Olives.” He was born in Ṭur ʿAbdin and had been a
student in the monastery of Qartmin. He was a great builder of churches and
monasteries, and assisted Muslims in Nisibis by helping them
build a mosque.
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 1864.
- 2 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 412.
- 5 Sebastian P. Brock,The Fenqitho of the Monastery of Mar Gabriel in Tur Abdin,Ostkirchliche Studien 28:2-3 (1979): 168–82, p: 174-79.
- 6 Andrew Palmer,Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur ‘Abdin, University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 39 (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1990), p: 159-65.
- 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: II, p: 1026-27,
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