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.
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: 441.
- 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.
- 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 1182.
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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.About this Entry
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