Theodosius, patriarch of Alexandria - ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ

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Theodore, of Syrian origin, was abbot of the miaphysite monastery of Rhamnis in Egypt and consecrated patriarch of Alexandria in 575. However, the majority of the miaphysite clergy did not accept him and elected Peter of Alexandria instead, as is narrated in Joh. Eph., EH 4.10-13.11

Names

  • ܬܐܕܘܪܘܣ10
  • ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ
  • Theodosius, patriarch of Alexandria
  • ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ4
  • ܬܐܘܕܣܝܘܣ6
  • ܬܶܐܘܳܕܳܘܣܝܳܘܣ ܦܰܛܪܝܰܪܟܐ ܕܰܐܠܟܣܰܢܕܰܪܝܐ4
  • ثاودوسيوس بطريرك الاسكندرية3
  • Theodore
  • Theodore (patriarch of Alexandria)
  • THÉODORE7
  • Théodose6
  • Ṯēʾōḏāsīyōs6
  • Theodosius of Alexandria1
  • Theodosius, Patriarch of Alexandria2

Floruit

575-580

Floruit

649-657

Death

566
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Works Cited

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  • 1 L. Van Rompay, "Theodosius of Alexandria." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 407-408.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 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), p: 382.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 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: 334.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 363.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Theodosius of Alexandria.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 630.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 7 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 439.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 8 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 2nd. Ed. (Aleppo, 1956)., p: 228.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 1166.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 10 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 49; 190; 191; 192; 193; 195; 197; 198; 208; 222; 232; 240; 243; 244, chapter: 3.1.40; 3.4.10; 3.4.11; 3.4.12; 3.4.13; 3.4.14; 3.4.22; 3.4.41; 3.4.48; 3.4.53; 3.4.54; 3.4.55; 3.4.56.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 11 Ernest Honigmann, Évêques et évêchés monophysites d’Asie antérieure au VI<sup>e</sup> siècle, CSCO 127, Sub. 2 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1951), p: 200-204.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 12 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 49; 190; 191; 192; 193; 195; 197; 198; 208; 222; 232; 240; 243; 244.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodosius, patriarch of Alexandria — ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/784.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Theodosius, patriarch of Alexandria — ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/person/784.

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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
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  • GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, Arabic name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
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  • Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
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  • 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

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