Zayʿa — ܙܝܥܐ
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ܙܝܥܐ; Zayʿa; Zayʿa; Zay'a; Zayʾā; Zaï‘a; ZAY'A; St Zaya
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1525
identifier: 469
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=S&sK=St%20Zaya&sT=keywords
Zayʿa was one of the most popular saints in the Chaldean and Assyrian villages. He was a Palestinian and was a missionary to northern Iraq, along with his disciple Tabor. He lived forty years in a cave of Mount Gara.
floruit: 350-450
male
state: Saint
event: Zayʿa is commemorated in Zaï‘a (text).
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 34
Saints Syriaques ZAY'A 469
AMS I 398-423
BHO 1251
Šuhadā' II 129-32
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity St Zaya