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Identity
“Bp. of Tella (d-Mawzlat) 519–21.” 1
Names:
- ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܬܠܐ
- John of Tella
- ܝܘܚܢܢ6
- ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܬܠܐ4
- ܡܳܪܝ ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܕܬܶܠܐ4
- مار يوحنا التلي3
- Ioannes (Johannan) Bar Kursos ep. Tellae15
- Jean de Tella6
- JEAN, ÉVÊQUE DE TELLA7
- John
- John bar Kursos of Tella
- Yōḥanān6
- Yuḥanān
- Yuḥanon bar Qursos1
- John of Tella2, 10
- Yuḥanon of Tella1
Sex: male7
Confession
- Syr. Orth. 1
Description
In hagiography: John of Tella was commemorated as an ascetic and Bishop of Tella (d-Mawzlat) who had to flee his see on account of the aggression of the Chalcedonians. Alongside Jacob Baradaeus, he is remembered for ordaining Miaphysite clergy during this time of persecution.
Related Places in the Syriac Gazetteer
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Attestations
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John of Tella is commemorated in John of Tella (text) — [http://syriaca.org/work/558] .
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John of Tella is commemorated in John of Tella (text) — [http://syriaca.org/work/816] .
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Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 V. Menze, "Yuḥanon of Tella." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 447-448.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 46, pp: 274.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), pp: 236.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), pp: 263.
- 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: John of Tella.
- 6 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 338, 607.
- 7 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 233.
- 8 François Nau, "Littérature canonique syriaque inédite." Revue de l'Orient chrétien vol. 14 (1909)., : 1-30.
- 9 Arthur Vööbus, Syrische Kanonessammlungen: ein Beitrag zur Quellenkunde 1 1,B 1
1,B (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1970)., : 156, 263, 334, 488. From the same documents, 55-61.
- 10 E. W Brooks (ed.), Vitae virorum apud monophysitas celeberrimorum [Translation] vol. 2 , Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 8 (Paris: E Typographeo Reipublicae, 1907), : 21-60.
- 11 Jean de Ephèse, "Lives of the Eastern Saints I." Patrologia Orientalis vol. 17.1 (1923)., : XVIII.4 (1924), 311-24 n° 24.
- 12 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 2nd. Ed. (Aleppo, 1956)., : 294-96.
- 13 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : I, 1187.
- 14 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag Dr. jur. Albert Ahn, 1922), pp: 174.
- 15 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965), section: 110.
- 16 J.S. Assemani, De Scriptoribus Syris Monophysitis, Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana vol. 2 (Rome: Typis Sacræ Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719), pp: 54.
- 17 J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Bibliothèque catholique des sciences religieuses; Littératures chrétiennes de l'Orient (: Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), pp: 70-71.
- 18 William Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894), pp: 81-83.
Status: draft
Relationships
John of Tella Died at (1) records.
John of Tella Born at (1) records.
Kallinikos (settlement) - ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ
Names: Raqqaʿal-RaqqaʿCallinicumal-RaqqaCallinicusRaqqaRaqqa‘al-Raqqaal-Raqqa‘A city on the Euphrates where the Daiṣan enters it.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/109
John of Tella Has relation to place (6) records.
Mar Zakkay (monastery) - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܙܟܝ
Names: Zakka Monasterymonastery of Mar ZakkayTell Bi'aA monastery near Kallinikos .URI: http://syriaca.org/place/356
Sinjar (settlement) - ܫܝܓܪ
Names: ShiggarSingaraSingarSinjārA town west of Mosul and east of Mount Sinjar .URI: http://syriaca.org/place/184
Persia (region) - ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܦܪܣ
Names: IranA large plateau region stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf .URI: http://syriaca.org/place/526
Constantinople (settlement) - ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣThe capital of the Byzantine Empire.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/586
Reshʿayna (settlement) - ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ
Names: TheodosiopolisRaʾs al-ʿAynCeylanpınarResülaynRish ʿAynaReshaynaResh‘aynaRaʾs al-AynRaʾs al-‘AynRish AynaRish ‘AynaResh AynaResh ‘AynaRaʾs al-AynRaʾs al-’AynRaʾs al-AynRaʾs al-AynRaʾs al-‘AynRaʾs al-‘Ayn"City on the Khabur located in the eastern part of ancient Osrhoene and today straddling the Turkish Syrian border the Syrian part now..."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/172
Antioch (settlement) - ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ
Names: Antakya"City in the historical region of Syria (today in Turkey)."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/10
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Tella — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܬܠܐ
” in Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/50.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John of Tella — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܬܠܐ .” In Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 1 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org, 2016-. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/50.About this Entry
Entry Title: John of Tella — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܬܠܐ
Additional Credit:
- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
- German data entry by Samer Khader
- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
- Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
- Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
- Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
- Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
- Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
- Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne