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Simeon - ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ

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Simeon was the Bishop of Ḥarran. He was also known as “Simeon of the Olives.” He was born in Ṭur ʿAbdin and had been a student in the monastery of Qartmin. He was a great builder of churches and monasteries, and assisted Muslims in Nisibis by helping them build a mosque.

Names

  • ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ1
  • Simeon
  • Šemʾōn d-Zaytē1
  • Shemʿun d-Zaytē
  • SIMÉON2
  • Syméon des Olives1

Birth

655

Death

734

Notes

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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 1864.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 412.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Sebastian P. Brock, "The Fenqitho of the Monastery of Mar Gabriel in Tur Abdin." Ostkirchliche Studien vol. 28:2-3 (1979)., p: 174-79.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Andrew Palmer, Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur ‘Abdin, University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 39 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), p: 159-65.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 1026-27, Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Simeon — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1473.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Simeon — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1473.

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Entry Title: Simeon — ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܙܝ̈ܬܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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