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Constantine the Great - ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܣ

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Constantine the Great the Great was the Roman Emperor from 306 to 307 AD and is honored in Christian memory on account of the Edict of Milan in 313 AD which granted religious tolerance in the Roman Empire.

Names

  • ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܣ1, 3
  • Constantine the Great
  • Constantin1
  • Constantine2
  • Constantinus4
  • Qōnsṭanṭīnōs1
  • Qōsṭanṭīnōs

Floruit

306-337

Death

337

Death

22 May, 337

Sex

male1, 6

Notes

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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 766, 673, 997, 1872, 1269.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Constantine.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 129; 140; 264, chapter: 3.3.5; 3.3.14; 3.5.14.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 A. H. M. Jones, J. R. Martindale and J. Morris, A.D. 260-395 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971)., entry: Constantinus 4, p: 223-224.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 383-387.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 129; 140; 264.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Constantine the Great — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܣ ” last modified June 12, 2025, http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/persons/1655.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Constantine the Great — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܣ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published June 12, 2025. http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/persons/1655.

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