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
Sex
male2
Birth
6552
Death
7342
Attestation
Simeon is commemorated in Simeon of the Olives (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1903] .
2Notes
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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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1864.
- 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 412.
- 3 Barsaum, Revue patriarcale , issue: 2, : [1934], 34-37.
- 4 Sebastian P Brock, "The Fenqitho of the Monastery of Mar Gabriel in Ṭūr ‘Abdīn." Ostkirchliche Studien vol. 28 (1979)., : 174-79.
- 5 Andrew Palmer, Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier (Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990)., : 159-65, references 256.
- 6 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 1026-27,
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