Shlemun the Mourner - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography:
Shlemun the Mourner was bishop of Ḥadita on the Tigris towards the middle
of the VIII century. He converted Muslims for which he was beaten and made
to shave his beard and head. He had a rivalry with ʿIsa ibn
Shahlupa, the head of doctors of the caliph, concerning taxes
imposed on Christians by Muslim authorities. He opposed the election of
Catholicos Timothy
I in 780. He died at the monastery of Mar
Ahrun near Balad.
Names
- Shlemun the Mourner
- ŠLÉMŪN1
Floruit
780
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: 426.
- 3 FieyAssyrie chrétiennevol: I, p: 109-11., vol: I, p: 109-11.
- 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum
orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 1061.
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