Anonymous 5211 - The bishop of Edessa
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"When Anatolius, governor of the Osrhoene, had narrowly escaped capture after attending a pagan ritual in Edessa, he immediately went to the anonymous bishop of Edessa in order to have a theological discussion with him. According to Joh. Eph., EH 3.28, he hoped that he could thus acquire an alibi for the night, yet his scheme was unsuccessful."1
Names
- Anonymous 5211
- ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ
- The bishop of Edessa
Floruit
580
Sex
male2
Notes
"When Anatolius, governor of the Osrhoene, had narrowly escaped capture after attending a pagan ritual in Edessa, he immediately went to the anonymous bishop of Edessa in order to have a theological discussion with him. According to Joh. Eph., EH 3.28, he hoped that he could thus acquire an alibi for the night, yet his scheme was unsuccessful."1Status: draft
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- 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 156-157.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 156; 157.
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