Sauma, Rabban — ܪܒܢ ܨܘܡܐ
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Ṣawma, Rabban; Sauma, Rabban; ܪܒܢ ܨܘܡܐ; Rabban Sauma; ܨܘܡܐ; ṣawmā; Sauma; Ṣaumā; Sauma; Ṣawma, Rabban
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/721
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_721
identifier: http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91-127261
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/98182009
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/41027273
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identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/45104887
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/226583917
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/89688160
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/223650625
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/196810544
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=R&sK=Rabban Sauma&sT=keywords
Ṣawma was a monk of the Ch. of E. who, sometime around 1275, set out from Dadu (also known as Khān Bālīq, i.e. modern Beijing) in his native China with a younger disciple, Markos, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
In hagiography: Sauma, Rabban is commemorated as the monastic teacher and travelling companion of the monk Markos who became the catholicos Yahbalaha III. Acting on behalf of the catholicos, Rabban Sauma travelled to Constantinople, Rome and even Paris.
floruit: 13th cent.
state: Church of the East
state: Author
state: Saint
event: Sauma, Rabban is commemorated in Yahballaha and Sauma (text).
J. P. Amar Ṣawma, Rabban The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 360-361
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Rabban Sauma
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 689
Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 325