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In hagiography: Zayna, a bishop and martyr, and his sister Sarah, were a brother and sister pair similar to Behnam and Sara. Their cult in Tagrit was a rival to that of Behnam and Sara at Mar Mattai. Zayna was the son of Ator, a king. He became a monk and bishop. Their story was elaborate and involved dragons, healed kings, profitable caravans, and supernatural senses. The cult of Zayna and Sarah was very popular in Qaraqosh.

Names

  • Zayna
  • ZAYNA1

Descriptions

The Arabic legend was published in Mosul in 1965, by Suyhayl Qasa, on the occasion of the restoration of his church in Qaraqosh.
There are many churches named after him in the areas around Takrit.

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: 470.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 FieyAssyrie chrétiennevol: II, p: 451-53, 613-15., vol: II, p: 451-53, 613-15.
  • 6 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 1387.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Zayna” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1526.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Zayna.”, 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/1526.

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Entry Title: Zayna

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