Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1264 Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN http://syriaca.org/person/1264 187 In hagiography: Ḥananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran was a Syrian Orthodox bishop of Mardin and Kfartuto. He built a monastery that was named after him on the ruins of the monastery of Slemun. The appendix of Barsaum in the text of Shābushtī confuses this monastery with the homonym which speaks of the author. 826 male Saint Saints Syriaques ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN 187 BHO 373 Life of Benjamin Scheil Mar Benjamin 91-92 Barsaum Deir-uz-Zapharan 14-19 Šabūštī Diyārāt 281 J.M. Fiey BSO II 156-57