Dometius - ܕܘܡܐܛܪܝܘܣ

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The legend of Romanus and Dometius was Coptic, but it exists in Syriac also. The author places the story in the time of Theodosius II. The two brothers were said to be sons of the Emperor Valentinian who go to Palestine to become monks.

Names

  • ܕܘܡܐܛܪܝܘܣ1
  • Dometius
  • Domaṭriyos
  • Dometuis
  • Domèce1
  • DOMÈCE2
  • Dōmāṭrīyōs1

Sex

male2

Floruit

408-4552

Notes

The legend of Romanus and Dometius was Coptic, but it exists in Syriac also. The author places the story in the time of Theodosius II. The two brothers were said to be sons of the Emperor Valentinian who go to Palestine to become monks.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 478, 674, 1640, 1941.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 133.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Dometius — ܕܘܡܐܛܪܝܘܣ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1214.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Dometius — ܕܘܡܐܛܪܝܘܣ .”, 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/1214.

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Entry Title: Dometius — ܕܘܡܐܛܪܝܘܣ

Additional Credit:

  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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