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In hagiography: John the Arab was a monk who originally was from a rich family in Ḥirta. He studied at Nisibis, went to Mount Sinjar, and became a shepherd. He found a place on Mount Izla, and he performed many miracles. Many fought over his relics after his death, and a monastery was built over his remains near the monastery of Mar Awgin.

Names

  • John the Arab
  • JEAN L'ARABE1
  • Jean l’Arabe (Tayoyo)2

Floruit

300-400

Notes

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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: 238.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1843.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 FieyNisibep: 154-57., p: 154-57.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John the Arab” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1307.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “John the Arab.”, 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/1307.

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