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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

Sex

male4

Death

6984 or 8/15/06981

Descriptions

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.

Notes

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

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  • 1 J. Tannous, "Theodotos of Amid." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 408-409.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application 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.
  • 3 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 869.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 444.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 A. Vööbus, "Découverte de la biographie de Théodote d’Amid par Sem’on de Samosate." Le Muséon vol. 89 (1976)., : 39-42.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 "The Garshuni Version of the Life of Theodotos of Amida." Andrew Palmer (ed.), Parole de l'Orient vol. 16 (1990)., : 253-60.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 1227-28.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

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

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodotus of Amid — ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ .”, 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/785.

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Entry Title: Theodotus of Amid — ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
  • 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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