Severus of Antioch - ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ
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“One of the most influential miaphysite theologians, Severus was originally born a pagan. After his conversion in c.490, Severus became actively involved in the fight against the council of Chalcedon and gained much importance during the reign of Anastasius. He became patriarch of Antioch in 512, but was forced to leave his see and go into exile to Egypt after the accession of Justin I in 518. In 535, Justinian invited him to Constantinople for religious discussions to overcome the divide between pro- and anti-Chalcedonians. However, these plans failed and Severus died in his Egyptian exile in 538.” 13
Names
- ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ
- Severus of Antioch
- ܡܪܝ ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ4
- ܡܳܪܝ ܣܶܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܰܢܛܝܘܟܺܝܰܐ4
- ܣܐܘܝܪܐ6
- ܣܐܘܪܐ6
- القديس سويريوس الانطاكي3
- Severus
- Severus Antiochenus12
- Sévère6
- SÉVÈRE7
- Sévère d’Antioche (notice)6
- Sēwērā6
- Severus of Antioch1
- Sévère d’Antioche6
- St. Severus of Antioch2
Floruit
512-518
Birth
Sozopolis
Death
2/8/538
Sakhā
Descriptions
In Syriac miaphysite hagiography,
Severus of
Antioch is commemorated as a Patriarch of Antioch who wrote many
treatises and homilies defending miaphysite non-Chalcedonian Christology. He
attended meetings of Justinian to reconcile Chalcedonians and their opponents. He
also was the leader of a large group of Miaphysite monks. He wrote in Greek,
but his works were preserved in Syriac.
Event
The saint is venerated on 8 February (8 Shebaṭ) by Syr. iacob.
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Status: draft
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See Also
"Severus of Antioch" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 S. P. Brock, "Severus of Antioch." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 368-369.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 47, p: 276.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 238.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 265.
- 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Severus of Antioch.
- 6 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 476, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 559, 567, 568, 570, 571, 574, 575, 577, 578, 579, 643, 644, 645, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 673, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 773, 1273, 1430, 1478, 1674, 1739, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1964, 2028, 630, 1573, 466, 467, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 560, 561, 562, 563, 854, 855, 884, 952, 953, 1529.
- 7 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 405.
- 8 Alfred Vacant et al. (eds.), Dictionnaire de théologie catholique, contenant l'exposé des doctrines de la théologie catholique, leurs preuves et leur histoire, (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1903)., vol: XIV, col: col. 1988-2000.
- 9 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 1015-16.
- 10 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., entry: 1060-64.
- 11 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 50; 51; 142, chapter: 3.1.41; 3.1.42; 3.3.16.
- 12 Maurice Geerard et al., Clavis Patrum Graecorum, Corpus Christianorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-2003), entry: 7022-7039; 7070-7078, p: III, 327-321; III, 333-341.
- 13 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1366.
- 14 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 50; 51; 142.
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- Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
- Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
- Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
- Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
- Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
- Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
- Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
- Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
- Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
- GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
- Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
- Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne