Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Jonah of Anbar" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1511 Jonah of Anbar Yawnan the Foreigner Jonas d’Anbar YAWNĀN L'ETRANGER Yuwanis Yawnān Nūkhriṭā http://syriaca.org/person/1511 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. 300-400 The monastery of Yawnan at al-Anbar male Saint 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