John of Ephesus — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ
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John of Ephesus; Yuḥanon of Ephesus; John of Ephesus; يوحنا الافسسي; ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ; ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܕܶܐܦܣܘܣ; John of Asia; Jean d’Éphèse; John of Ephesus; Ioannes Ephesi (aut Asiae); ܝܘܚܢܢ; ܡܟܬܒܢܐ; Ioannes
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Monk, missionary, church leader, (titular) Bp. of Ephesus, hagiographer, and historian.
Born in 507 in Roman Mesopotamia, John became a monk already in his childhood. Since the late 530s, he mainly lived in Constantinople where he enjoyed good relations with Justinian despite his miaphysite convictions. John earned fame with his missionary campaigns in Asia Minor and rose, in 558, to become bishop and one of the miaphysite leaders in Constantinople. John participated in the debates to find a formula of faith that could be accepted by both the miaphysites and the Chalcedonians. He was a victim of the miaphysite persecution starting in 571 and repeatedly imprisoned until his death in about 589. He wrote the Lives of the Eastern Saints, a collection of hagiographic tales, and a large Ecclesiastical History, of which the third part dealing with the events of the 570s and 580s has been preserved.
floruit: 558-588
birth: ca. 507, Ingila
death: 589
male
state: Syriac Orthodox
state: Author
S. A. Harvey Yuḥanon of Ephesus The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 445
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 69 304
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 264
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 291
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity John of Ephesus
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 793 1925
Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 181-182
Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca 115
De Scriptoribus Syris Monophysitis Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana 83-90
Chabot, Littérature syriaque 74-76
Wright, A Short History of Syriac Literature 102-7
Brock, A brief outline of Syriac literature 37
19; 52; 53; 58; 59; 61; 64; 65; 74; 107; 111; 141; 142; 169; 170; 171; 228; 252; 253; 258 3.1.17; 3.2.4; 3.2.5; 3.2.6; 3.2.7; 3.2.13; 3.2.41; 3.2.44; 3.3.15; 3.3.16; 3.3.36; 3.3.37; 3.4.45; 3.5.1; 3.5.7
Ioannes 43 494-519
494-519
19; 52; 53; 58; 59; 61; 64; 65; 74; 107; 111; 141; 142; 169; 170; 171; 228; 252; 253; 258