Sergiopolis - ܪܨܦܐ

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A town southwest of Kallinikos.

Names

  • ܪܨܦܐ5
  • Sergiopolis1
  • رُصافة الشام3
  • Reṣafa1
  • Rusafa2

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 35.616667° Long. 38.75°1

Descriptions

A town southwest of Kallinikos.
The city of Rusafa in the Syrian desert became known as Sergiopolis in Late Antiquity because of the martyr Sergius. Joh. Eph., EH 6.4 refers to it under its former name Rusafa.4

Attestation

Attestation of name رُصافة الشام in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. رُصافة الشام3 3

Notes

GEDSH Map 2 omits dot under the s in the name "Resafa."
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), map: Map I B2, II B2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Rusafa.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: III:54.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1360-1361.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 285, chapter: 3.6.4.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Sergiopolis” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/165.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Sergiopolis.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/165.

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Entry Title: Sergiopolis

Additional Credit:

  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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