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Theodore of Ashkelon - ܬܐܘܕܪܘܣ ܐܣܩܠܘܢܝܐ

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A lawyer from Antioch who took refuge in Palestine from the pro-Chalcedonian bishop Calendion and who became a disciple and close friend of Peter the Iberian. He is known from the life of Peter the Iberian and was acquainted with its author.2

Names

  • ܬܐܘܕܪܘܣ ܐܣܩܠܘܢܝܐ
  • Theodore of Ashkelon
  • ܬܐܘܕܪܘܣ ܐܣܩܠܘܢܝܐ ܗܘ ܐܦܘܣܟܠܣܛܝܩܘܢ2
  • Abba Theodore2
  • Theodore of Ashkelon the ex-lawyer2
  • Théodore d’Ascalon1

Floruit

5th century

Sex

male

Notes

A lawyer from Antioch who took refuge in Palestine from the pro-Chalcedonian bishop Calendion and who became a disciple and close friend of Peter the Iberian. He is known from the life of Peter the Iberian and was acquainted with its author.2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 725.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Cornelia B Horn and Robert R Phenix (eds.), The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus, Writings from the Greco-Roman world, vol. 24 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008), pp: lviii-lxii, lxxix, 258 (§178), 259 (§178).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 3 D.M. Lang, "Peter the Iberian and his Biographers." Journal of Ecclesiastical History vol. 2 (1951)., pp: 158-168.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Nathan P. Gibson et al., “Theodore of Ashkelon — ܬܐܘܕܪܘܣ ܐܣܩܠܘܢܝܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/2171.

Bibliography:

Nathan P. Gibson et al., “Theodore of Ashkelon — ܬܐܘܕܪܘܣ ܐܣܩܠܘܢܝܐ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 2 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/2171.

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