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Alexius, the Man of God - ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ

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“This general title is given to the anonymous saintly protagonist of a narrative set in Edessa in the 5th cent. The core original story is found in 5 mss. In this account, the Man of God is the son of rich senatorial parents, living either in Rome or Constantinople. ” 1

Names

  • ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ5
  • Alexius, the Man of God
  • ܐܠܟܣܝܘܣ ܪܘܡܝܐ (ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ)4
  • ܐܰܠܟܣܝܘܣ ܪܘܡܳܝܐ (ܓܰܒܪܐ ܕܰܐܠܗܳܐ)4
  • الكسيوس الروماني (رجل الله)3
  • Alexis5
  • Alexius1
  • Gabra d-ʾAlāhā
  • gaḇrā d-ʾAlāhā5
  • Risha
  • St Alexis7
  • Alexius the Roman (the Man of God)2
  • Alexius, the Man of God2
  • Alexius, the Man of God2
  • Man of God of Edessa1

Sex

male6

Floruit

5th cent.

Descriptions

In hagiography: In hagiography: Risha (or Alexius) was also known as the man of God of Edessa. He was born a rich man, but he lived as a beggar in Edessa. He gave all that he had to the poor. He lived at the time of Bishop Rabbula of Edessa.

Notes

“This general title is given to the anonymous saintly protagonist of a narrative set in Edessa in the 5th cent. The core original story is found in 5 mss. In this account, the Man of God is the son of rich senatorial parents, living either in Rome or Constantinople. ” 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 R. Doran, "Man of God of Edessa." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 260.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), pp: 173.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), pp: 150.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), pp: 172.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 890, 1125.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 366.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 7 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Alexis.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 8 Stewards of the Poor: The Man of God, Rabbula, and Hiba in Fifth-Century Edessa, trans. Robert Doran (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 2006).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Alexius, the Man of God — ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/607.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Alexius, the Man of God — ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 1 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/607.

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Entry Title: Alexius, the Man of God — ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
  • Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, 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
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, Arabic name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • 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
  • 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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