Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Asia — ܐܣܝܐ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1616 ܐܣܝܐ Asyā Asia ʾĀsyā Âsyâ Mar Asia http://syriaca.org/person/1616 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=M&sK=Mar%20Asia&sT=keywords Mar Asia converted to the life of an itinerant monk. He travels to Jerusalem and Sinai and visited monasteries. He became a monk himself and used hnana (oil mixed with dust of sacred sites) to heal others. Asia is commemorated in Asia (text). Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 977 Fiey Saints 27-28, s.v. Asia Bones in Bags: Relics in Syriac Hagiography Syriac Encounters: Papers from the Sixth North American Syriac Symposium, Duke University, 26-29 June 2011 Eastern Christian Studies A Karshuni Text of the Legend of Mar Asia' Parole de l'Orient A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Mar Asia