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Yoḥannan Urṭaya - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܘܪ̈ܛܝܐ

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A monastery north of Amid.

Names

  • ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܘܪ̈ܛܝܐ
  • Yoḥannan Urṭaya1
  • ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܡܳܪܝ ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܕܐܘܪ̈ܛܝܐ2
  • دير مار يوحنا الاورطي3
  • John Orti Monastery4
  • Monastery of John the Iberian4

Place Type

monastery

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 37.937557° Long. 40.235101°5

Descriptions

“ܒܢܳܝܗܝ ܗܳܢܐ ܥܢܘܳܝܐ ܒܰܫܒܳܒܘܬܗ̇ ܕܐܳܡܝܕ ܫܢܰܬ 590 ܐܰܦܩ ܬܠܳܬܐ ܐܶܦܝܣ̈ܩܘܦܐ ܗܰܘ ܕܶܝܢ ܕܛܰܒܝܒ ܒܗܘܢ ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܕܐܶܦܣܘܣ ܘܠܐ ܦܓܰܥܢܢ ܒܛܶܐܒܐ ܥܠܰܘܗܝ ܒܳܬܰܪ ܫܢܰܬ 600 .”2
“بناه هذا الناسك في جوار ديار بكر سنة 390 انجب ثلاثة أساقفة أشهرهم يوحنا الافسسي المؤرخ 587 + ولم نقف له على خبر بعد سنة 600.”3
A monastery north of Amid.
“John the ascetic built this monastery in 390 near Diyarbakir. It produced three bishops, the most famous of whom is John of Ephesus, the historian (d. 587). We know nothing about it after 600.”4

Notes

Moosa erroneously calls it "Monastery of John the Iberian" on p.304.
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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 18.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 555.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 515.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 304, 567.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874524.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Yoḥannan Urṭaya — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܘܪ̈ܛܝܐ ” last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/399.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Yoḥannan Urṭaya — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܘܪ̈ܛܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published January 14, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/399.

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  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson

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