Theodore of Kashkar - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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In hagiography: Theodore of Kashkar was a monk who founded his own school outside of Kashkar. When he was older, he retired in solitude and grew wild herbs. He went to the Caliph Umar I ibn al-Hattab to obtain an exemption for priests and deacons.

Names

  • Theodore of Kashkar
  • THÉODORE DE KAŠKAR1

Sex

male1

Floruit

7th cent.1

Notes

In hagiography: Theodore of Kashkar was a monk who founded his own school outside of Kashkar. When he was older, he retired in solitude and grew wild herbs. He went to the Caliph Umar I ibn al-Hattab to obtain an exemption for priests and deacons.
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  • 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 441.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Jean Maurice Fiey, Assyrie chrétienne contribution à l'étude de l'histoire et de la géographie ecclésiastiques et monastiques du nord d'Iraq. (Beyrouth, 1965)., : III, 164-67.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 1182.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodore of Kashkar” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1499.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodore of Kashkar.”, 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/1499.

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