John of Edessa - ܝܘܚܢܢ
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In hagiography:
John of Edessa was a priest from Edessa who nourished 12 holy men in a cave. He became
friends with Paul of
Edessa, his workman, who was actually a Latin bishop in
disguise. The two lived a life of prayer and spiritual companionship. They
travelled to Sinai. Back in Edessa, they interacted with Matthew the
eunuch, a woman hiding in a monastery. They travelled to
Jerusalem.
Paul performed miracles and fled to Nisibis. John found him
there, and Paul told him to return to Edessa. Paul died, and
John died 8 months later. The story was set in the time of the Bishop Rabbula of
Edessa.
Names
Floruit
418-435
Attestation
John of Edessa is commemorated in Paul the
bishop and John the priest (text)
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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: 255.
- 3 BHGp: 1476., p: 1476.
- 5 V. Ruggieri and L. PieralliEukosmia: studi miscellanei per il 75. di Vincenzo Poggi S.J.p: 104 n. 8., p: 104 n. 8.
- 6 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 766.
- 7 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 960.
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