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Ephrem the Syrian
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Syriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373)
OverviewAI-generated
Ephrem the Syrian was a male figure from Syria, born on January 1, 306, and died on June 9, 373. He is recognized as an author with works recorded across various sources, including "Pearl & a Homily on Our Lord by St. Ephrem the Syrian," "Hymns for the Feast of the Epiphany," "Pearl," "Three Homilies," and "Hymns on the Nativity." Different databases list varying counts for his works, with figures ranging from five to ten.
His writings include specific quotes, such as "The hutzpah of our love is pleasing to you, O Lord, just as it pleased you that we should steal from your bounty" and "Thy possessions have made thee a hollow image; they have ruined thee and left thee." Ephrem the Syrian is referenced by 2,450 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Pearl & a Homily on Our Lord by St. Ephrem the Syrian
- Hymns for the Feast of the Epiphany
- Pearl
- Three Homilies
- Hymns on the Nativity
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,188x
- High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution
· 2018 · cited 3,241x
- Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017
· 2019 · cited 1,966x
- Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 1,780x
- Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of lower respiratory infections in 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2018 · cited 1,584x
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Quotes
- “The hutzpah of our love is pleasing to you, O Lord, just as it pleased you that we should steal from your bounty.”
- “O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother: for blessed art Thou to the ages of ages. Amen. O God, cleanse me, a sinner.”
- “Thy possessions have made thee a hollow image; they have ruined thee and left thee.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to Ephrem the Syrian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Ephrem the Syrian (/ˈiːfrəm, ˈɛfrəm/; c. 306 – 373), also known as Ephraem the Deacon, Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Mār Aprêm Suryāyā or Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܪܒܐ, romanized: Mār Aprêm Rabbā) was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern Christianity. He was born in Nisibis, served as a deacon and later lived in Edessa.
Ephrem is venerated as a saint by all traditional Churches. He is especially revered in Syriac Christianity, both in East Syriac tradition and West Syriac tradition, and also counted as a Holy and Venerable Father (i.e., a sainted monk) in the Eastern Orthodox Church, especially in the Slovak tradition. He was declared a Doctor of the Church in the Catholic Church in 1920. Ephrem is also credited as the founder of the School of Nisibis, which in later centuries was the center of learning for the Church of the East.
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