Gordiason, Monastery of - ܓܘܪܕܝܣܘܢ

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Joh. Eph., EH 2.46, is the earliest source to mention this monastery in Cappadocia. Its miaphysite inhabitants were forced to leave in the persecution of the 520s/530s and eventually received a new abode (the Kathara monastery) in Bithynia from the general Narses.3

Names

  • ܓܘܪܕܝܣܘܢ
  • Gordiason, Monastery of
  • ܓܘܪܕܝܣܘܢ1
  • Gordiason-Kloster2
  • Γορδιασόν2

Place Type

monastery

Descriptions

Joh. Eph., EH 2.46, is the earliest source to mention this monastery in Cappadocia. Its miaphysite inhabitants were forced to leave in the persecution of the 520s/530s and eventually received a new abode (the Kathara monastery) in Bithynia from the general Narses.3
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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 112, chapter: 3.2.46.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Friedrich Hild and Marcell Restle, Kappadokien (Tabula Imperii Byzantini 2) (Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981)., p: 183.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Friedrich Hild and Marcell Restle, Kappadokien (Tabula Imperii Byzantini 2) (Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981)., p: 183-184.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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