Ezekiel the Monk - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography: Ezekiel was a monk who was
born on the same day as the Emperor Constantine the Great. He was a Jew from the tribe of Manasseh who went
to Egypt and became a disciple
of Mar Awgin. Mar Awgin and his disciples left for
the region of
Adiabene and Beth
Garmai. They went to Maḥoze and baptized the entire city, after they healed the sick. Ezekiel
went around the region converting the "Magians." He founded a monastery near Daduq. He
ended his life in the region of
Kirkuk.
Names
Sex
male1
Floruit
3631
Attestation
Ezekiel the Monk is commemorated in Ezechiel, Monk (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1346] .
2Notes
In hagiography: Ezekiel was a monk who was
born on the same day as the Emperor Constantine the Great. He was a Jew from the tribe of Manasseh who went
to Egypt and became a disciple
of Mar Awgin. Mar Awgin and his disciples left for
the region of
Adiabene and Beth
Garmai. They went to Maḥoze and baptized the entire city, after they healed the sick. Ezekiel
went around the region converting the "Magians." He founded a monastery near Daduq. He
ended his life in the region of
Kirkuk.
From a manuscript from Kirkuk from the 12th century. It is not in the BHO.
Status: incomplete
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Works Cited
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- 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 159.
- 2 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1210.
- 4 Jean Maurice Fiey, Assyrie chrétienne contribution à l'étude de l'histoire et de la
géographie ecclésiastiques et monastiques du nord d'Iraq. (Beyrouth, 1965)., : III, 64-67.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Ezekiel the Monk.”, 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/1239.About this Entry
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