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Asia - ܐܣܝܐ

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Mar Asia converted to the life of an itinerant monk. He travels to Jerusalem and Sinai and visited monasteries. He became a monk himself and used hnana (oil mixed with dust of sacred sites) to heal others.

Names

  • ܐܣܝܐ1
  • Asia
  • Asyā
  • Âsyâ1
  • Mar Asia5
  • ʾĀsyā1

Attestation

Asia is commemorated in Asia (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1141] . 1

Notes

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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 977.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 FieySaintsp: 27-28, entry: s.v. Asia., p: 27-28, entry: s.v. Asia.
  • 3 Bones in Bags: Relics in Syriac HagiographySyriac Encounters: Papers from the Sixth North American Syriac Symposium, Duke University, 26-29 June 2011Eastern Christian Studies
  • 4 A Karshuni Text of the Legend of Mar Asia'Parole de l'Orient
  • 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Mar Asia.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Asia — ܐܣܝܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1616.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Asia — ܐܣܝܐ .”, 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/1616.

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Entry Title: Asia — ܐܣܝܐ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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