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Theodotus of Amid - ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ

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"Holy man and bp. His Syr. name is written with final ālaph, which has led modern scholars to read ‘Theodota’ or ‘Theodote’."1

Names

  • ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ
  • Theodotus of Amid
  • Theodotus
  • Theodotus of Amida2
  • Theodute of Amida
  • THÉODOTE4
  • Théodote d’Amid3
  • Theodotos of Amid1

Death

6984 or 8/15/06981

Sex

male4

Notes

"Holy man and bp. His Syr. name is written with final ālaph, which has led modern scholars to read ‘Theodota’ or ‘Theodote’."1 In hagiography: Theodute was the Bishop of Amida. He was born in Ingilene and was a monk at Qenneshrin. He served the poor. He taught chant to the monks at Qartmin. He was known to travel with a bag full of relics to use in healing others.
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    • 1 J. Tannous, Theodotos of Amid, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 408-409. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Theodotus of Amida