Shlemun the Mourner - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography: Shlemun the Mourner was
bishop of Ḥadita on the Tigris towards the middle of the VIII
century. He converted Muslims for which he was beaten and made to shave his beard and
head. He had a rivalry with ʿIsa ibn Shahlupa, the head of doctors of
the caliph, concerning taxes imposed on Christians by Muslim authorities. He opposed the
election of Catholicos Timothy I in
780. He died at the monastery of Mar Ahrun near Balad.
Names
- Shlemun the Mourner
- ŠLÉMŪN1
Sex
male1
Floruit
7801
Notes
In hagiography: Shlemun the Mourner was
bishop of Ḥadita on the Tigris towards the middle of the VIII
century. He converted Muslims for which he was beaten and made to shave his beard and
head. He had a rivalry with ʿIsa ibn Shahlupa, the head of doctors of
the caliph, concerning taxes imposed on Christians by Muslim authorities. He opposed the
election of Catholicos Timothy I in
780. He died at the monastery of Mar Ahrun near Balad.
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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: 426.
- 3 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)., : I, 109-11, with references.
- 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 1061.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Shlemun the Mourner.”, 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/1485.About this Entry
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