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Zeʿora - ܙܥܘܪܐ

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Zaʿūra was an anchorite whose life was memorialized by John of Ephesus. He was a stylite saint who famously replaced his teacher, another stylite, when the former was ready to retire. Zaʿūra also travelled to Constantinople in order to advocate for the cause of the Miaphysites before the Empress Theodora.

Names

  • ܙܥܘܪܐ1
  • Zeʿora
  • Za'ura
  • ZA'ŪRA2
  • Ze‘ora1
  • Zʾōrā1
  • Zʿōrā

Floruit

527

Attestation

Zeʿora is commemorated in Zeʿora (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/794] . 2

Notes

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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 584.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 468.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 1385-86.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Zeʿora — ܙܥܘܪܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1524.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Zeʿora — ܙܥܘܪܐ .”, 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/1524.

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Entry Title: Zeʿora — ܙܥܘܪܐ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
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  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Editing by James E. Walters
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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