Barsai
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Barsai; Barses; BARSAÏ
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1161
identifier: 77
In hagiography: Barsai was a bishop of Ḥarran and then Edessa while Ephrem the Syrian lived in Edessa; he built the "Grand Baptistery" there.
The west Syriac martyrology of Rabban Ṣalība commemorates Barsaï on the 12 of January.
floruit: 361-378
male
state: Saint
Saints Syriaques BARSAÏ 77
Devreesse Antioche 291
A. van Lantschoot DHGE VI col. 954 Barses
Segal Edessa 88, 91, 104, 175, 188
G. Eldarov BS II 840-41