Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Abraham of Beth Sayyare" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1111 Abraham of Beth Sayyare Abraham the Penitent ABRAHAM DE BÉṮ ṢAYYRĀÉ http://syriaca.org/person/1111 21 male In hagiography: Abraham the Penitent (or of Beth Sayyare) was a monk from the family of Awgin and Abraham the Great. He founded a monastery at Zāwīṯā, west of Bamarne. The saint is venerated on last Friday of October in the East Syriac calendar. Saints Syriaques ABRAHAM DE BÉṮ ṢAYYRĀÉ 21 J. M. Fiey J. Habbi BSO I, 18