John of Dalyatha - ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ

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"Commonly known as Yoḥannan Saba (‘Elder’). An E.-Syr. monk, author of a Syriac collection of mystical discourses, letters, and maxims (‘chapters of knowledge’)."1

Names

ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ5, 6
John of Dalyatha
ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕ̈ܠܝܬܐ8
ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝ̈ܬܗ4
ܝܘܽܚܰܢܢ ܕܕܰܠܝܳ̈ܬܶܗ4
ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܕܕܵܠܝܵܬܹ̈ܗ5
يوحنا الدلياثي3
Ioannes e Daljata17
Jean de Dalyatha8
JEAN DE DALYĀṮA9
John Saba7
John of Dalyata
John of Dalyatha
Saba the Elder
Yōḥanān d-Dālyāṯā8
Yuḥanān d-Dālāyāthā
John Dalyatha2
John of Dalyatha7
Yoḥannan of Dalyatha1

Floruit

8th cent.

Sex

male9

Event

The saint is venerated on (None from BHO). 9

Notes

"Commonly known as Yoḥannan Saba (‘Elder’). An E.-Syr. monk, author of a Syriac collection of mystical discourses, letters, and maxims (‘chapters of knowledge’)."1 In hagiography: John of Dalyatha was a famous spiritual author also called John Saba. He was a monk of the monastery of Mar Yozadaq in Qardu. His writings were condemned under the Synod of Timothy I, but they were rehabilitated by Isho bar Nun.

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Works Cited

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1 B. Colless, Yoḥannan of Dalyatha, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 441-442.
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), p: 140.
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: 124.
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: 145.
5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 72.
6 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: IIIp: 103, vol: IIIp: 103.
7 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: John of Dalyatha John Saba