Benjamin
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Benjamin; BENJAMIN
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1173
identifier: 88
sex: male
death: 371
state: Martyr
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.
Saints Syriaques BENJAMIN 88
[West Syrian manuscript, dated from 1197, in British Museum.] Catalogue Wright 1134-35, cod. DCCCCLX, fol. 388r-394v n° 67
[German summary in] Hoffmann Auszüge 28-33
BHO 783
Fiey Ma'īn 437-53
J.M. Fiey BSO I, 419-20