John of Kamul - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography: John
of Kamul was born to a pagan family, from a royal Sasanian line. He
was converted and tried to convince Shapur his cousin not to persecute
Christians. Mar Awgin baptized
him under the name of John. He lived in a cave near Mount Gudi and
performed many miracles. The monastery of
John of Kamul in Gazarta bears his name.
Names
- John of Kamul
- JEAN DE KAMŪL1
Sex
male1
Floruit
3431
Notes
In hagiography: John
of Kamul was born to a pagan family, from a royal Sasanian line. He
was converted and tried to convince Shapur his cousin not to persecute
Christians. Mar Awgin baptized
him under the name of John. He lived in a cave near Mount Gudi and
performed many miracles. The monastery of
John of Kamul in Gazarta bears his name.
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: 248.
- 3 Īšō‘dnāḥ de al-Baṣra, Le livre de la chasteté (Rome, 1896)., : n° 1, 7, 14, 25, 30 and 103, : II, 100.
- 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : I, 1137.
- 5 Jean Maurice Fiey, Nisibe, métropole syriaque orientale et ses suffragants des origines à
nos jours (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1977)., : 199-201.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Kamul.”, 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/1315.About this Entry
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