Index of Persons
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Strothmann,
Werner(author, 2/23/1907 - 6/19/1996)
Names: Strothmann WernerStrothmann Werner""Protestant theologian; scholar of Syriac and Near-Eastern studies.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/758
Julian I — ܝܘܠܝܢܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
(author, d. 595)
Names: Yulyanos IJulian IIJulian IURI: http://syriaca.org/person/76
Symmachus — ܣܘܡܟܘܣ
(author)
Names: SymmachusSymmachus"Author of a supplement covering Cant 6 12 to the end probably originally in Greek preserved at the end of the Syriac translation..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/761
Abraham of Amid — ܐܒܪܗܡ ܐܡܝܕܝܐ
(author, d. 598)
Names: Abraham of Amid
Abraham of Amid
Abrohom of Amid
URI: http://syriaca.org/person/77
Tappuni,
Gabriel(author, 11/3/1879 - 1/29/1968)
Names: Tappuni GabrielTappuni Gabriel"He was born in to a Syr Cath family on 3 Nov 1879 and after his studies in the local Seminary of St..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/770
Tatian of Adiabene — ܛܛܝܢܘܣ
(author, ca. 120 - ca. 185)
Names: Tatian of AdiabeneTatianTatian of AdiabeneTatianosTatianos""Apologist, teacher, composer of the Diatessaron.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/771
Thabit b. Qurra — ܬܐܒܬ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܗ
(author, 826? - 901)
Names: Thabit b. QurraThābit b. Qurra"Abū al Ḥasan Thābit b Qurra b Marwān al Ṣābī al Ḥarrānī the most famous of the Ṣābian scholars from the Abbasid period..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/777
Theano — ܬܝܐܢܘ
(author)
Names: TheanoTheano""Pythagorean philosopher, usually considered to be either the wife or the daughter of Pythagoras (d. 497/6 BC).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/778
Theodora,
Roman empress — ܡܠܟܬܐ ܬܐܘܕܘܪܐ
(saintauthor, d. 548)
Names: Theodora (Empress)Theodora Roman empressTheodora Roman empressTheodoraTēʾōḏōrāTēʾōḏōrāThéodora""Raised as a child acrobat in the circus, Theodora married the future emperor Justinian I in 523.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/779
John the Chanter — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܦܣܐܠܛܘܣ
(author, d. 600)
Names: John the ChanterJohn the ChanterYuḥanon the psaltosJohn the psaltosJean PsaltèsURI: http://syriaca.org/person/78
Theodore of Mopsuestia — ܬܐܕܘܪܘܣ ܕܡܗܦܣܘܣܛܝܐ
(saintauthor, ca. 350 - 428)
Names: Theodore of MopsuestiaTheodore of MopsuestiaTHÉODORE DE MOPSUETETheodoros von Mopsuestia""Bp. of Mopsuestia, biblical commentator, author of theological works and homilies.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/780
Theodoret of Cyrrhus — ܬܐܕܘܪܝܛܘܣ ܕܩܘܪܘܣ
(author, 393 - 466)
Names: Theodoret of CyrrhusTheodoret of CyrrhusTheodoret of CyrrhusTheodoret of CyrusTheodoret of CyrrhusThéodoret de CyrThéodoretTheodoretTheodoretos""Bp., biblical exegete, church historian, hagiographer, and defender of Antiochene Christology against Cyril of Alexandria.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/781
Theodore Abu Qurra — ܬܐܘܕܘܪܘܣ ܐܒܘ ܩܘܪܪܗ
(author, d. probably after 829)
Names: Theodoros Abū QurraTheodore Ibn QurraTheodore Abu QurraTheodore Abu
Qurrah""Author, bp. of Ḥarran.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/782
Theodore bar
Koni — ܬܐܕܘܪܘܣ ܒܪ ܟܘܢܝ
(author, end of the 8th cent. )
Names: Theodore bar
KoniTheodoros bar KoniTheodore Bar KuniTheodore bar
KoniTheodorus Bar Koni (Kewani)""Author, who taught at the exegetical .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/783
Theodosius, patriarch of Alexandria — ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ
(saintauthor, d. 566, 649-657 )
Names: Theodosius patriarch of AlexandriaTheodosius of AlexandriaTheodosius Patriarch of AlexandriaTheodoreṮēʾōḏāsīyōsThéodoseTHÉODORE""Patr. of ; leader of the Egyptian and Syrian anti-Chalcedonians.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/784
Theodotus of Amid — ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܡܝܕܐ
(saintauthor, d.
)
Names: Theodotos of AmidTheodotus of AmidTheodotus of AmidaTheodute of AmidaTheodotusThéodote d’AmidTHÉODOTE""Holy man and bp. His Syr. name is written with final , which has led modern scholars to read ‘Theodota’ or ‘Theodote’.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/785
Theodotus, metropolitan of Ancyra — ܬܐܘܕܘܛܘܣ ܕܐܢܩܘܪܐ
(author, first half of 5th cent. )
Names: Theodotus metropolitan of AncyraTheodotus of AncyraTheodotus metropolitan of Ancyra""Greek author and bp. of Ancyra.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/786
Theophilos of Edessa — ܬܐܘܦܝܠܘܣ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ
(author, d. 785)
Names: Theophilos of EdessaTheophilos of EdessaTheophilus of EdessaTheophilus of Edessa""Multifaceted author, historiographer, and translator.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/787
Rufina, the
silver merchant — ܪܘܦܝܢܐ ܬܓܪܐ ܕܣܐܡܐ
(author, 6th century )
Names: Rufina the
silver merchantRufina the
Silver MerchantRufinus
Rufina, the
silver merchant is mentioned by Barsoum as the author of a defense of Severus of Antioch against Leontius of Jerusalem .URI: http://syriaca.org/person/79
Timothy I, catholicos — ܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ ܩܕܡܝܐ
(author, 727/8 - 823)
Names: Timotheos ITimothy I CatholicosTimothy ITimothy I catholicosTimotheus I Katholikos""Cath. of the Ch. of E. Timotheos was born in the village of Ḥazza (near Arbela in ).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/790
Timothy II, catholicos — ܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ
(author, early 14th cent. )
Names: Timothy II catholicosTimotheos IITimothy IITimothy II""Cath. (1318–53?) and author. His baptismal name was Yawsep.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/791
Timothy II of Alexandria — ܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ
(author, d. 477)
Names: Timotheos of Alexandria IITimothy of AlexandriaTimothy of Alexandria IITimothy AelurusTimothy
Ailouros""Miaphysite Patr. of 457-60, 475-7.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/792
Timotheus, Abimelech(author, 1878 - 1945)
Names: Timotheus AbimalekTimotheus AbimelechTimothy Ailouros""Metropolitan of India.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/793
Titus of Bostra — ܛܝܛܘܣ ܕܒܘܨܪ
(author, 2nd half of 4th cent. )
Names: Titus of BostraTitus of BostraTitus of BostraTitus of BuṣraBischof Titos von BostraBischof Titos von Bostra""Bp. of Bostra and Greek author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/794
Thomas of Edessa — ܬܐܘܡܐ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ
(author, mid-6th cent. )
Names: Thomas of EdessaToma of EdessaThomas of EdessaThomas of EdessaThomas Edessenus""An E.-Syr. student of the Cath. Mar Aba I (d. 552) associated with the .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/795
Thomas of Marga — ܬܐܘܡܐ ܕܡܪܓܐ
(author, 9th cent. )
Names: Thomas of MargaToma of MargaThomas of MaragaThomas of MargaThomas de MargaThomas of MargaThomas Metropolita Margae""E.-Syr. abbot and bp., the author of a monastic history.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/796
Tsereteli, Constantine(author, 1921 - 2004)
Names: Tsereteli ConstantineTsereteli KonstantinTsereteli Constantine""Scholar of comparative Semitics, Aramaic dialectology, and Neo-Aramaic; professor at the State University of Tbilisi, Georgia.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/797
Miles, bishop of
Sus — ܡܝܠܣ
(saintauthor, d. 341, 341 )
Names: Miles bishop of
Sus
Miles bishop of
Sus
Miles of Sus aSinaySīnaySinayMĪLÉS, ÉVÈQUE DE SUSEMîles von Sûš (Susa)Mîles von Sûš (Susa)URI: http://syriaca.org/person/8
Simeon of Edessa — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ
(author, 6th cent.? )
Names: Simeon of EdessaShemʿun of EdessaSimon The PriestSimon of EdessaSimeon of EdessaShemun of EdessaShem‘un of EdessaSimon Edessae"Author of a work on the return of the Captivity from Babylon and on the Weeks of Daniel known from a single ms..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/80
Van den Eynde,
Ceslas Florent(author, 1903 - 1991)
Names: Van den Eynde Ceslas FlorentVan den Eynde Ceslas Florent""Professor of Syriac at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, from 1969 to 1974.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/801
Van Roey,
Albert(author, 1915 - 2000)
Names: Van Roey AlbertVan Roey Albert""Patristic and Syriac scholar.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/802
Vaschalde, Arthur
Adolphe — ܘܐܫܐܠܕ
(author, 1871 - 1942)
Names: Vaschalde Arthur
AdolpheVaschalde Arthur
AdolpheVaschalde Arthur
AdolpheVaschalde""Vaschalde’s Syriac career flourished at The Catholic University of America (CUA) where he received a Ph. D. in 1901.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/803
Vööbus, Arthur(author, 1909 - 1988)
Names: Vööbus ArthurVööbus ArthurVööbus Arthur""Scholar, educator, pastor.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/804
Wright, William — ܘܠܝܡ ܪܐܝܬ
(author, 1830 - 1889)
Names: Wright WilliamWright WilliamWright the Englishman WilliamWright William""Syriac and Arabic scholar.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/807
Yahbalaha I — ܝܗܒܐܠܗܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
(saintauthor)
Names: Yahbalaha IYa(h)balāhāYahbalaha IYa(h)ḇallāhāYahballahaKatholikos Jahb(h)allàhā IKatholikos Jahb(h)allàhā I."Bp of Seleucia Ctesiphon and Cath When Yahbalaha was elected the Christians in the Persian Empire enjoyed the freedom accorded to them by..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/809
Sergius the Stylite — ܣܪܓܝܣ ܐܣܛܘܢܪܐ
(author, 8th cent. )
Names: Sergius the StyliteSargis the StyliteSergius the StyliteSergius the Stylite of GusitSergius Stylita"A Letter attributed to Sargis the Stylite of Gusit near Ḥimṣ against a Jew who argued that God has no son and that..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/81
Yahbalaha III — ܝܗܒܐܠܗܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
(saintauthor, ca. 1245 - 1317)
Names: Yahbalaha IIIYahbalaha IIIYa(h)ḇallāhāYahballahaMarkos""Mar Yahbalaha III, an ethnic Uighur and a monk of the Ch. of E., was born in the vicinity of Khān Bālīq (Beijing).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/810
Jacob of Nisibis — ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ
(saintauthor, d. 337/8, 308-338 )
Names: Jacob of NisibisYaʿqub of NisibisJacob bishop of
Nisibin St.Jacob of NisibisYaqub of NisibisYa‘qub of NisibisYaʿqōbJacob of NisibisJacobYaʾqōḇJacques de NisibeJACQUES""First recorded bp. of Nisibis.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/811
Joseph I of Seleucia-Ctesiphon — ܝܘܣܦ ܩܕܡܝܐ
(author, d. 570)
Names: Yawsep of Seleucia-Ctesiphon IJoseph of Seleucia-Ctesiphon IJoseph the CatholicosIoseph (Jauseph) Katholikos""Cath. (552-67), successor of Mar Aba I, in a period of tension between the Church and the Persian authorities.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/812
Joseph II — ܝܘܣܦ ܬܪܝܢܐ
(author, 1667 - 1713)
Names: Joseph IIYawsep IIJoseph IIJoseph II of Telkepe""Ṣliba d-Beth Maʿrūf was born in Telkepe, where he was ordained a deacon at the age of fifteen.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/813
Joseph of Beth Qelayta — ܝܘܣܦ ܕܒܝܬ ܩܠܝܬܐ
(author, ca. 1870 - 1952)
Names: Yawsep d-Beth QelaytaJoseph of Beth Qelayta""Printer, educator, and scholar.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/814
Joseph Busnaya — ܝܘܣܦ ܒܘܣܢܝܐ
(saintauthor, d. 979)
Names: Joseph BusnayaYawsep BusnayaJoseph BusnayaYawsep BūsnāyāJoseph BousnayaJoseph BusnayaYawsep BūsnāyāJoseph BousnayaJOSEPH BŪSNĀYA""Monk and spiritual teacher.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/815
Joseph Hazzaya — ܝܘܣܦ ܚܙܝܐ
(author, 8th cent. )
Names: Yawsep ḤazzayaJoseph HazzayaJoseph HazzayaJoseph 'The
Seer'Joseph 'The
Visionary'Joseph ḤazzayaIoseph (Jauseph) Hazzaja (= Videns)"Theologian abbot and solitary of the Ch of E who has been viewed as the systematizer of the mystical and ascetic life for..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/816
Joseph of Ahwaz — ܝܘܣܦ ܗܘܙܝܐ
(author, ca. 500 )
Names: Joseph of AhwazYawsep HuzayaJoseph of AhwazJoseph HuzayaHuzayaJoseph HuzayaIospeh (Jauseph) Huzaya""Maqryānā in the at the end of the 5th and/or in the first half of the 6th cent.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/817
Joseph of Telkepe — ܝܘܣܦ ܓܡܕܢܝ ܬܠܟܐܦܢܝܐ
(author, active in the 2nd half of the 17th cent. )
Names: Joseph of TelkepeYawsep of TelkepeJoseph of TelkepeYawsep JemdāniJoseph bar Jemdani of Telkepe""E.-Syr. poet, writing in Sureth, priest.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/818
John Azraq — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܙܪܩ
(author, late 7th and early 8th cent. )
Names: John AzraqYoḥannan AzraqJohn AzraqZroqaal-AzraqJohn AzraqIoannes (Johannan) Azraq""Bp. of Ḥirta (al-Ḥīra), author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/819
Paul, metropolitan of Tella — ܦܘܠܘܣ ܕܬܠܐ
(author, first half of 7th cent. )
Names: Paul metropolitan of Tella
Pawlos of Tella
Paul metropolitan of Tella
Paul of Tella
Paul of TellaPaulus ep. Tellae""Bp. and translator.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/82
John bar Abgare — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܐܒܓܪ̈ܐ
(author, d. 5/16/0905)
Names: Yoḥannan bar AbgareJohn bar AbgareJohn V bar
AbgareYoḥannan bar
ḤegireYūḥannā b.
al-Aʿraj"Cath He was the son of a certain Ishoʿ in and he became bp of Zabe between 884 and 891 In the summer..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/820
John bar Penkaye — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܦܢܟܝ̈ܐ
(saintauthor, 660 - 733, late 7th cent. )
Names: Yoḥannan bar PenkayeJohn Bar PhankayeJohn bar PenkayeYuḥanān bar PenkoyēJohn Bar Penkaye (Phencaie)Yōḥanān bar PenkāyēJean bar PenkayéJEAN BAR PENKĀYÉJohn bar PenkayeIohannanIoannes bar Penkaje""Author of a summary history of the world.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/821
John bar Sarapion — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܣܪܦܝܘܢ
(author, 8th/9th cent. )
Names: Yoḥannan bar SarapionJohn bar SarapionYuhanna ibn
SarabiyunYūḥannā b.
SarābiyūnJohn bar Serapion""Medical writer of the late 9th (or less likely, late 8th) cent.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/822
John bar Zoʿbi — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܙܘܥܒܝ
(author, 12th/13th cent. )
Names: Yoḥannan bar ZoʿbiJohn of Zu‛biJohn bar ZoʿbiJohn bar ZobiYoḥannan bar ZobiYoḥannan bar Zo‘biJohn bar ZobiJohn bar Zo‘biJohn bar Zoʿbi""Learned monk and author.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/823
John of Beth Rabban — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܒܝܬ ܪܒܢ
(author, 6th cent. )
Names: Yoḥannan of Beth RabbanJohn of Beth RabbanJohn of Bet RabbanJohn of Beth Rabban""Teacher of biblical interpretation at the .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/824
John of Dailam — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܝܠܘܡܝܐ
(saintauthor, d. 738)
Names: John of DailamYoḥannan of DailamJohn of DailamYuḥanān DaylāmāyāJohn of DailamJohn of DaylamYōḥanān DaylāmāyāJean de DaylamJEAN DE DAYLAM""Monk and missionary.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/825
John of Dalyatha — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܕܠܝܬ̈ܗ
(saintauthor, 8th cent. )
Names: John of DalyathaYoḥannan of DalyathaJohn DalyathaJohn of DalyathaJohn SabaYuḥanān d-DālāyāthāJohn of DalyathaJohn of DalyataYōḥanān d-DālyāṯāJean de DalyathaJEAN DE DALYĀṮASaba the ElderIoannes e Daljata""Commonly known as Yoḥannan Saba (‘Elder’). An E.-Syr. monk, author of a Syriac collection of mystical discourses, letters, and maxims (‘chapters of knowledge’).""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/826
John the Solitary — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܦܡܝܐ
(author, first half of the 5th cent. )
Names: Yoḥannan IḥidayaJohn the SolitaryJohn of ApameaJohn the Solitary of
ApameaJohn the Soliary""Theologian and theoretician of the spiritual life.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/827
John of Mosul — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܘܨܠܝܐ
(author, d. 1270?)
Names: John of MosulYoḥannan of MosulJohn of MosulJohn of Mosul""Monk of the Monastery of Mar Michael ‘Companion of the Angels’, .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/828
John Sullaqa — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܣܘܠܩܐ
(author, around 1510-1555 )
Names: Yoḥannan SullaqaJohn SulaqaJohn Sullaqa""Born in , he became monk and abbot of the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd near Alqosh.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/829
Thomas the Deacon — ܡܫܡܫܢܐ ܬܐܘܡܐ
(author, 617 )
Names: Thomas DeaconTumo the DeaconThomas the DeaconThomas the SynkellosURI: http://syriaca.org/person/83
John XIV bar Shayullah — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܫܝܠܠܗ
(author, ca. 1705? - 6/1783)
Names: Yuḥanon bar Shayullāh XIVJohn bar Shayullah XIVGregorios
Yuḥanon""Translator, scribe, minor writer, and bp.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/830
John Barbur — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪܒܘܪ
(author, late 6th cent. )
Names: John BarburYuḥanon BarburJohn Barbur"When Patr Peter of Kallinikos went to in ca 581 he took with him as theological experts Yuḥanon Barbur and Proba the two..."URI: http://syriaca.org/person/831
John Maron — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܐܪܘܢ
(author, ca. 685 - ca. 707 )
Names: John MaronYuḥanon MaronJohn MarunJohn MaronYuḥanon d-Marun""Saint and first Patr. of the Syriac Maron. Church of .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/832
John Qashisho — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܩܫܝܫܐ
(author, 1918 - 2001)
Names: Yuḥanon QashishoJohn Qashisho""He was born in Azekh and immigrated to Qamishli where he studied Syriac under George Māʿilo.""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/833
Julian Saba — ܝܘܠܝܢܐ ܣܒܐ
(saintauthor, d. 377)
Names: Julian SabaYulyana SabaJulian SoboJulian SabaJulian SabaYōlyānē SoboYōlyānā SāḇāJulien SabaJULIEN SĀBĀ""An ascetic living in the region of .""URI: http://syriaca.org/person/834