Ganni of Hirta - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography:
Ganni of Ḥirta or
Rabban Haya was a monk from Beth Aramaye. He sold everything he had and gave his
possessions to the poor. He became a disciple of Mar Abraham on Mount Izla. Simeon of Taybutha praised his virtues, and this may have inspired the composition of the Liber
Castitatis.
Names
- Ganni of Hirta
- GANNI DE ḤĪRA1
Floruit
550
Notes
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: 167.
- 3 Le livre de la chastetéentry: 10, 28., entry: 10, 28.
- 4 Chronique de Seertvol: II, p: 133., vol: II, p: 133.
- 5 FieyAssyrie chrétiennevol: III, p: 157, 161, 165., vol: III, p: 157, 161, 165.
- 6 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: I, p: 971.
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