Holy Innocents - ܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ ܕܐܬܩܛܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܪܘܕܝܣ ܒܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ

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In hagiography: Holy Innocents is the name given to the biblical children who were killed in the New Testament account of the massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem under Herod the Great as related in the Gospel of Matthew.1

Names

  • ܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ ܕܐܬܩܛܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܪܘܕܝܣ ܒܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ2
  • Holy Innocents
  • Innocents1
  • The Children who were killed by Herod in Bethlehem2

Floruit

beginning of the Christian era2

Notes

In hagiography: Holy Innocents is the name given to the biblical children who were killed in the New Testament account of the massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem under Herod the Great as related in the Gospel of Matthew.1
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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1351, 1437, 1477, 482, 677, 991, 1342, 1720.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 "James of Edessa: The hymns of Severus of Antioch and others." Ernest Walter Brooks (ed.), Patrologia Orientalis VI.1 (1909)., vol: 1, : p. 154-156.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic recordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Holy Innocents — ܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ ܕܐܬܩܛܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܪܘܕܝܣ ܒܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1786.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Holy Innocents — ܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ ܕܐܬܩܛܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܪܘܕܝܣ ܒܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ .”, 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/1786.

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Entry Title: Holy Innocents — ܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ ܕܐܬܩܛܠܘ ܡܢ ܐܝܪܘܕܝܣ ܒܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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