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Behnam - ܒܗܢܡ

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Behnām and his sister Sara were high-born Christian martyrs who were the children of Sennacherib. They converted to Christianity through a monk, Mattai, and were killed by their father. Their father later repented and became a Christian and with his wife Queen Shirin. Sennacherib and Shirin built monasteries for Mar Mattai and Abraham near Mosul.

Names

  • ܒܗܢܡ1
  • Behnam
  • Behnām
  • Behnam1
  • Behnam and his sister sarah
  • BEHNĀM et sa soeur SARĀH2
  • Bēhnām1
  • Mar Behnam10

Floruit

300-400

Notes

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See Also

Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1811, 2004, 1546, 1783, 1265, 65.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 86.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 AMSvol: II, p: 397-441., vol: II, p: 397-441.
  • 4 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., entry: 177.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic recordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 HoffmannAuszügep: 17-19., p: 17-19.
  • 6 Šuhadā'vol: I, p: 291-306., vol: I, p: 291-306.
  • 7 DHGE A. van Lantschootvol: VI, col: col. 477., vol: VI, col: col. 477.
  • 8 FieyAssyrie chrétiennevol: II, p: 565-613., vol: II, p: 565-613.
  • 9 H. YounansardaroudDie Legende von Mar Behnam M. TamckeSyriacap: 185-96., p: 185-96.
  • 10 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Mar Behnam.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Behnam — ܒܗܢܡ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1171.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Behnam — ܒܗܢܡ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1171.

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Entry Title: Behnam — ܒܗܢܡ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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