Damian, patriarch of Alexandria - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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In hagiography: Damian was patriarch of Alexandria. He sent a letter to Jacob Baradaeus hoping for communion between the churches. He visited Antioch but broke from the Patriarch of Antioch, Peter of Callinicus, because of the Tritheist controversy. This schism ended with the patriarchate of Athanasius I Gamolo.

Names

  • Damian, patriarch of Alexandria
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Sex

male1

Floruit

576-5911

Notes

In hagiography: Damian was patriarch of Alexandria. He sent a letter to Jacob Baradaeus hoping for communion between the churches. He visited Antioch but broke from the Patriarch of Antioch, Peter of Callinicus, because of the Tritheist controversy. This schism ended with the patriarchate of Athanasius I Gamolo.
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  • 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 113.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 J.M. Fiey, "Coptes et Syriaques, contacts et échanges." Studia Orientalia Christiana Studia Orientalia Christiana vol. 15 (1972)., : (1972-73), 295-366.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : I, 601.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Damian, patriarch of Alexandria” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1196.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Damian, patriarch of Alexandria.”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1196.

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