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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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    Works Cited

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    • 1 J. Tannous,Theodotos of Amid,inThe 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 3 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 869.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 4 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 444.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 5 Arthur Vööbus,Découverte de La Biographie de Théodote d’Amid Par Šem‘ôn de Samosate,Le Muséon 89 (1976): 39–42, p: 39-42.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 6 Andrew Palmer,The Garshuni Version of the Life of Theodotos of Amida,Parole de l’Orient 16 (1991 1990): 253–60, p: 253-60.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [=  Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: II, p: 1227-28.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodotus of Amid — ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/785.

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    Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodotus of Amid — ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/785.

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