Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran
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Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran; ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1264
identifier: 187
In hagiography: Ḥananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran was a Syrian Orthodox bishop of Mardin and Kfartuto. He built a monastery that was named after him on the ruins of the monastery of Slemun.
The appendix of Barsaum in the text of Shābushtī confuses this monastery with the homonym which speaks of the author.
death: 826
male
state: Saint
Saints Syriaques ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN 187
BHO 373
Life of Benjamin Scheil Mar Benjamin 91-92
Barsaum Deir-uz-Zapharan 14-19
Šabūštī Diyārāt 281
J.M. Fiey BSO II 156-57