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Severus of Antioch - ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ

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"Patr. of Antioch, theologian, and prolific Greek author."1

Names

  • ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ
  • Severus of Antioch
  • ܡܪܝ ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ4
  • ܡܳܪܝ ܣܶܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܰܢܛܝܘܟܺܝܰܐ4
  • ܣܐܘܝܪܐ6
  • ܣܐܘܪܐ6
  • القديس سويريوس الانطاكي3
  • Severus
  • Severus Antiochenus12
  • Sévère6
  • SÉVÈRE7
  • Sévère d’Antioche (notice)6
  • Sēwērā6
  • Severus of Antioch1
  • Sévère d’Antioche6
  • St. Severus of Antioch2

Floruit

512-518

Birth

Sozopolis

Death

2/8/538 Sakhā

Sex

male7, 14

Event

The saint is venerated on 8 February (8 Shebaṭ) by Syr. iacob. 7

Notes

"Patr. of Antioch, theologian, and prolific Greek author."1 "One of the most influential miaphysite theologians, Severus was originally born a pagan. After his conversion in c.490, Severus became actively involved in the fight against the council of Chalcedon and gained much importance during the reign of Anastasius. He became patriarch of Antioch in 512, but was forced to leave his see and go into exile to Egypt after the accession of Justin I in 518. In 535, Justinian invited him to Constantinople for religious discussions to overcome the divide between pro- and anti-Chalcedonians. However, these plans failed and Severus died in his Egyptian exile in 538."13 In Syriac miaphysite hagiography, Severus of Antioch is commemorated as a Patriarch of Antioch who wrote many treatises and homilies defending miaphysite non-Chalcedonian Christology. He attended meetings of Justinian to reconcile Chalcedonians and their opponents. He also was the leader of a large group of Miaphysite monks. He wrote in Greek, but his works were preserved in Syriac.
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  • 1 S. P. Brock, Severus of Antioch, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 368-369. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 47p: 276. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 238. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 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: 265. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Severus of Antioch