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Isaac the Syrian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saint Isaac the Syrian, St. Isaac the Syrian, Saint Isaac of Nineveh, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus, Isaac of Qatar, Mar Isaac the Syrian, Isaac of Nineveh
Eastern Orthodox saint
Key facts
- Born
- c. 613 , Beth Qatraye , Eastern Arabia
- Died
- c. 700 (age c. 87), Nineveh , Umayyad Caliphate
- Venerated in
- Church of the East , Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodox Church
- Major shrine
- Rabban Hormizd Monastery
- Feast
- January 28 , May 14 ( Syriac Orthodox )
- Attributes
- Turban , cape , scrolls , writing tools
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Shushtar
- Occupation
- Eastern Orthodox priest
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Field of work
- religious literature
- Image
- Isak Sirin.jpg
- Work location
- Nineveh
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- Commons category
- Isaac of Nineveh
- canonization status
- saint
- date of death
- 0700-00-00
- date of birth
- 0640-00-00
- feast day
- January 28
- consecrator
- Giwargis I
- writing language
- Syriac
- described by source
- Orthodox Encyclopedia
- floruit
- 0700-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Isḥaq of Nineveh (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, romanized: mār isḥāq d-ninwē; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي Ishaq an-Naynuwī; c. 613 – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian (Ancient Greek: Ἰσαὰκ ὁ Σύρος), Isaac of Nineveh, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop of the Church of the East, and theologian best remembered for his written works on Christian asceticism. He is regarded as a saint in the Church of the East, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox churches. His feast day falls, together with 4th-century theologian and hymnographer St. Ephrem the Syrian, on January 28. In the Syriac Orthodox Church, his feast day falls on May 14.
Life
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