John of Dalyatha - ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ
http://syriaca.org/person/826
“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.
Status: draft
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Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 B. Colless,Yoḥannan of Dalyatha,inThe 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: III, p: 103., vol: III, p: 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.
- 8 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, n.d, entry: 882, 1791.
- 9 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 242.
- 10 Īšō‘dnāḥ de al-Baṣra,Le livre de la chasteté, ed. Jean Baptiste Chabot (Rome, 1896), http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/lelivredelachast00ishduoft, entry: n° 126.
- 11 Ignatius Ephraem Rahmani,Studia Syriaca, Seu Collectio Documentorum Hactenus Ineditorum Ex Codicibus Syriacis, 5 vols. (Monte Libano: Typis Patriarchalibus in Seminario Scharfensi, 1904), vol: I, p: 33-34.
- 12 Paul Peeters,Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis, Subsidia Hagiographica 10 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1910), entry: 510.
- 13 Robert Beulay,Précisions Touchant l’identité et La Biographie de Jean Saba de Dalyatha,Parole de l’Orient 8 (1978 1977): 87–116, p: 87-116.
- 14 Robert Beulay,L’enseignement Spirituel de Jean de Dalyatha, Mystique Syro-Oriental Du VIIIe Siècle, Théologie Historique 83 (Paris: Beauchesne, 1990)
- 15 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: I, p: 1122-23.
- 16 Anton Baumstark,Geschichte Der Syrischen Literatur, Mit Ausschluss Der Christlich-Palästinensischen
Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922), p: 225-226.
- 17 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina,Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum,
1965), section: 106.
- 18 J.S. Assemani,De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), p: 433-44.
- 19 J.-B. Chabot,Littérature Syriaque, Bibliothèque Catholique Des Sciences Religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 106.
- 20 William Wright,A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894), p: 109-10.
- 21 Sebastian P. Brock,A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute,
1997), p: 51-52.
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- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
- German data entry by Samer Khader
- 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, Arabic name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
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- Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
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