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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

“Syriac author of 23 ‘Demonstrations’, known as ‘the Persian Sage’.”1
In hagiography: Aphrahatwas known as an anchorite who converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity and fought Arianism in Antioch.
Status: draft  Is this record complete?

See Also

Works Cited

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  • 1 S. P. Brock,Aphrahaṭ,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 24-25.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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), entry: 8, p: 228.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: 195.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 217.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 71.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Jean-Maurice Fiey,Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 45.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 11 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII,Bibliotheca sanctorum, 13 vols. (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961), vol: I, p: 287-88.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 12 Anton Baumstark,Geschichte Der Syrischen Literatur, Mit Ausschluss Der Christlich-Palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922), p: 30-31.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 13 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina,Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 13.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 14 J.-B. Chabot,Littérature Syriaque, Bibliothèque Catholique Des Sciences Religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 23-25.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 15 William Wright,A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: A. and C. Black, 1894), p: 31-32.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/10.

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Entry Title: Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ

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

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