Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson, (eds.), "John bar Aphtonia — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܐܦܬܘܢܝܐ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/52 John bar Aphtonia John bar Aphtonia John Bar Aphtonia يوحنا ابن افتونيا ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܐܦܬܘܢܝܐ ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܒܪ ܐܰܦܬܘܢܝܰܐ Jean bar Aphtonia Jean bar Aphtonya ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܐܦܬܘܢܝܐ Yuḥanān bar Aptoniyā John bar Aphthonia John Bar Aphtonia Yōḥanān bar ʾAptōnyā Jean bar Aphtonia JEAN BAR APHTONIA John bar Aphtonia http://syriaca.org/person/52 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_52 http://viaf.org/viaf/46904658 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=J&sK=John bar Aphtonia&sT=keywords 237 Monastic founder and author. male 475 537 538 In hagiography: John bar Aphtonia is commemorated as a saint born in Edessa and named after his mother, Aphtonia, who consecrated him to God. He joined the monastery of St. Thomas in Seleucia Pieria near Antioch. According to tradition, he was later chased out of the area by Chalcedonians (in the 530s) and founded the monastery of Qenneshrin on the Euphrates, across from Europos. He wrote a Life of Severus of Antioch which survives in several versions. Syr. Orth. The saint is venerated on Syr. iacob., tesr. post. 4.. John bar Aphtonia is commemorated in John bar Aphthonia (text) — . John bar Aphtonia is commemorated in John Bar Aphthonia (text) — . J. W. Childers John bar Aphtonia The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 229 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 48 289 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 250 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 275 A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity John bar Aphtonia Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 467 469 470 471 560 561 562 952 953 566 951 Saints Syriaques JEAN BAR APHTONIA 237 Nau ROC 97-135 BHO 497 J .W. Watt J.W. Drijvers and J.W. Watt Portraits of Spiritual Authority (Leiden, 1999), 155-69 J .M. Fiey BSO I, lll2 Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 181 Chabot, Littérature syriaque 73 This author died at a known location. This author has an unspecified connection to places.