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In hagiography: Aḥa
the solitary of Resh ʿAyna was a soldier in the Persian army; later he
founded a monastery near Nisibis, traveled on extensive pilgrimages, and returned
with a piece of the true cross. He converted a village of pagan
Armenians.
Names
- Aha the Solitary
- AḤḤA LE SOLITAIRE1
- Ahha the Solitary
Floruit
573
Event
The saint is venerated on 25 January in Rabban Saliba.
1
Notes
A Chaldean copy from
1903 of the legend of Aḥḥa, according to the codex Vat. xxxvn, belongs to
the library of the Couvent de Notre Dame des Moissons today in Baghdad. 4
Status: incomplete
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Works Cited
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- 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 35.
- 3 PeetersMartyrologep: 168, 174., p: 168, 174.
- 4 Catalogue Vostép: 87 n° 3, fol. 73v-106r., p: 87 n° 3, fol. 73v-106r.
- 5 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., vol: I, p: 131.
- 6 FieyAssyrie chrétiennevol: II, p: 621-25., vol: II, p: 621-25.
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