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Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987

ساويرس بابن المقفع، Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987


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    • Abī al-Bishr ibn al-Muqaffaʻ al-Kātib, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • Sawiros, zä-Esmunayn, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • Severo, di Ašmūnayn, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • Severus, of El Ashmunein, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Sāwīrus, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987
    • Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bp. of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987
    • Severus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • ساويرس بابن المقفع، Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
    • ساويرس بن المقفع
    • ساويرس بن المقفع، أسقف الأسمونين
    • ساويرس بن المقفع، أسقف الأشمونين
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        Copts
    • Associated Locale

        Egypt
    • Associated Language

        Arabic
    • Associated Language

        Coptic
    • Occupation

      Bishops

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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987
      • Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bp. of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987
    • Sources

      • found: nuc86-13239: His Affliction's physic and the cure of sorrow, 1978(hdg. on DDO rept.: Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bp. of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987; usage: Severus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ)
      • found: LC data base, April 24, 1986(hdg.: Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bp. of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987; usage: Severus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of al-Ashmūnain)
      • found: Kitāb miṣbāḥ al-ʻaql, 1978:title page (Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, al-qarn al-ʻāshir al-Milādī) page 7, etc. (b. hawālī 915 [M.]; ʻurifa bi-ism Abī al-Bishr ibn al-Muqaffaʻ al-Kātib)
      • found: BrillOnline reference works, 6 August 2018(Kitāb al-īḍāḥ ; "The elucidation" ; usually attributed to the great 10th century Coptic Orthodox theologian and apologist Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ; original language: Arabic; catechetical work aiming to provide a simple explanation of Christian doctrines (Trinity, Incarnation, redemption) and practices (prayer and fasting) in Arabic to Christians no longer fluent in Coptic)
      • found: La versione ge'ez del Kitāb al-īḍāḥ di Severo di Ašmūnayn (X/XI sec.). Omelie IV-VIII, 2020:title page (Severo di Ašmūnayn; Mäṣḥafä Sawiros zä-Esmunayn ["Mäṣḥafä" is a title meaning "holy"])
      • found: English Wikipedia, viewed July 14, 2021(Severus ibn al-Muqaffa or Severus of El Ashmunein; died 987; Coptic Orthodox bishop, author and historian; in Arabic, his name is spelled Sawires; he was bishop of Hermopolis Magna in Upper Egypt; in his lifetime, many Coptic Christians no longer spoke Coptic, and Severus composed a theological text in Arabic to accommodate them; he is also known as the compiler of the initial part of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria)
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      • 1986-04-24: new
      • 2021-07-15: revised
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