Benjamin - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography:
Benjamin was a hermit and priest from Dara; he was ordained by
Barsai of
Edessa and travelled to Mount Sinjar. He
converted Maʿin;
both Benjamin and Maʿin were martyred.
Names
- Benjamin
- BENJAMIN1
Death
371
Sex
male1
Notes
In hagiography: Benjamin was a hermit and priest from Dara; he was ordained by Barsai of Edessa and travelled to Mount Sinjar. He converted Maʿin; both Benjamin and Maʿin were martyred.Status: incomplete
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Works Cited
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- 1 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 88.
- 3 William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum, Acquired since the Year 1838, 3 vols. (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1870), p: 1134-35, cod. DCCCCLX, fol. 388r-394v n° 67.
- 4 Johann Georg Ernst Hoffmann, Auszüge Aus Syrischen Akten Persischer Märtyrer Übersetzt Und Durch Untersuchungen Zur Historischen Topographie Erläutert, Abhandlungen Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 7.3 (Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1880), p: 28-33.
- 5 Paul Peeters, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis, Subsidia Hagiographica 10 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1910), entry: 783.
- 6 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Ma‘īn, Général de Sapor II, Confesseur et Évêque, Le Muséon 84:3-4 (1971): 437–53, p: 437-53.
- 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: Ip: 419-20.
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