Gregory of Cyprus - ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܕܩܘܦܪܘܣ
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“Monastic author. Very little is known of this
Persian monk from Susiana, and earlier scholars wrongly identified him
as a contemporary of Epiphanius (d. 403), since one of the three
monastic letters he wrote is addressed to a disciple of that
name.”1
Names
- ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܕܩܘܦܪܘܣ
- Gregory of Cyprus
- ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܕܝܪܝܐ3, 4
- ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܝܚܝܕܝܐ ܕܩܘܦܪܘܣ2
- ܓܪܝܼܓܘܿܪܝܼܘܿܣ ܕܲܝܪܵܝܵܐ3
- ܓܪܺܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܝܚܝܕܳܝܳܐ ܕܩܘܦܪܳܘܣ2
- Gregory of Cyprus
- Gregorios6
- Gregory of Cyprus5
- Grigorios of Cyprus1
Floruit
6th/7th cent.
Notes
“Monastic author. Very little is known of this
Persian monk from Susiana, and earlier scholars wrongly identified him
as a contemporary of Epiphanius (d. 403), since one of the three
monastic letters he wrote is addressed to a disciple of that
name.”1
Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock,Grigorios of Cyprus,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 183.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 230.
- 3 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 77.
- 4 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: III, p: 191., vol: III, p: 191.
- 5 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Gregory of Cyprus.
- 6 Anton Baumstark,Geschichte Der Syrischen Literatur, Mit Ausschluss Der Christlich-Palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922), p: 53, 57-58.
- 7 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina,Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 68.
- 8 Rubens Duval,La Littérature Syriaque, Troisième Edition, Anciennes Littératures Chrétiennes 2 (Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1907), https://archive.org/details/lalittraturesy00duva, p: 222-23, 336.
- 9 J.S. Assemani,De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 170-74.
- 10 J.-B. Chabot,Littérature Syriaque, Bibliothèque Catholique Des Sciences Religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 57.
- 11 William Wright,A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894), p: 42-43.
- 12 Sebastian P. Brock,A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1997), p: 44.
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ܕܩܘܦܪܘܣ
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Entry Title: Gregory of Cyprus — ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܕܩܘܦܪܘܣ
Additional Credit:
- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
- German data entry by Samer Khader
- Editing, document design, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
- Matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
- Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
- Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
- Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
- Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts and addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH by Nathan P. Gibson

