Jonah of Anbar
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Jonah of Anbar; Yawnan the Foreigner; Jonas d’Anbar; YAWNĀN L'ETRANGER; Yuwanis; Yawnān Nūkhriṭā
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1511
identifier: 456
In hagiography: Jonah of Anbar (Yawnān Nūkhriṭā/the "Foreigner") was born Yuwanis in a noble family of the lineage of Constantine the Great. He became a disciple of Mar Awgin. He changed his name to Jonah. He journeyed to Jerusalem and Scetis. Mar Awgin sent him to the land of the Persians, and he founded the monastery at Peroz Shapur on the Euphrates.
floruit: 300-400
death: The monastery of Yawnan at al-Anbar
male
state: Saint
event: Jonah of Anbar is commemorated in Jonah of Anbar (text).
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 1496
Saints Syriaques YAWNĀN L'ETRANGER 456
AMS I 466-525
BHO 527-30
Šuhadā' II 143-75
J.M. Fiey BSO II 1354-55
Fiey Diocèses 177-219