Gordiason, Monastery of - ܓܘܪܕܝܣܘܢ
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Gordiason, Monastery of; ܓܘܪܕܝܣܘܢ; ܓܘܪܕܝܣܘܢ; Γορδιασόν; Gordiason-Kloster
Joh. Eph., EH 2.46, is the earliest source to mention this monastery in Cappadocia. Its miaphysite inhabitants were forced to leave in the persecution of the 520s/530s and eventually received a new abode (the Kathara monastery) in Bithynia from the general Narses.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5608
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/places/5608
112 3.2.46
183
183-184