Aphrahat - ܐܦܪܗܛ
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“Syriac author of 23 ‘Demonstrations’, known as ‘the
Persian Sage’.”1
Names
- ܐܦܪܗܛ6, 7
- Aphrahat
- ܐܦܪܗܛ ܦܪܣܝܐ4
- ܐܰܦܪܗܰܛ ܦܳܪܣܳܝܐ4
- ܐܲܦܪܵܗܵܛ5
- افرهاط الفارسي3
- APHRAAT LE PERSE8
- Aphrahaat the Persian Anchorite
- Aphrahat7
- Aphrahates13
- Aphrahat the Persian
- Aphrahaṭ1
- Aphrahat the Persian2
- Ap(h)rahaṭ12
Floruit
first half of 4th cent.
Birth
Persia
Death
364
Sex
male8
Events
The saint is venerated on 29 January by Greek Christians.
8
The saint is venerated on 7 April by Latin Christians.
8
Notes
Status: draft
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See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock, "Aphrahaṭ." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 24-25.
- 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., entry: 8, p: 228.
- 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: 195.
- 4 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: 217.
- 5 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924)., p: 71.
- 6 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: III, p: 85., vol: III, p: 85.
- 7 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Aphrahat.
- 8 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 45.
- 9 Alfred Baudrillart et al., Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1912)., vol: III, col: col. 935-36, entry: s.v. l. Aphraate.
- 10 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., vol: IV, section: 7 avril, p: 164-68.
- 11 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961)., vol: I, p: 287-88.
- 12 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, mit Ausschluss der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922)., p: 30-31.
- 13 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965)., section: 13.
- 14 J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Bibliothèque catholique des sciences religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 23-25.
- 15 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894)., p: 31-32.
- 16 Sebastian P. Brock, A Brief Outline of Syriac Literature, Mōrān ’Eth’ō 9 (Baker Hill, Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1997), p: 13-16.
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Additional Credit:
- 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
- Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
- 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
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- 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 Ugo Zanetti
- Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne
