Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1264 Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN http://syriaca.org/person/1264 187 male 826 In hagiography: Ḥananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran was a Syrian Orthodox bishop of Mardin and Kfartuto. He built a monastery that was named after him on the ruins of the monastery of Slemun. Saints Syriaques ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN 187 BHO 373 Appendix to the Life of Benjamin Scheil Mar Benjamin 91-92 Barsaum Deir-uz-Zapharan 14-19 The appendix of Barsaum in the text of Shābushtī confuses this monastery with the homonym which speaks of the author. Šabūštī Diyārāt 281 J.M. Fiey BSO II, 156-57