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Saint Barsimaeus (or Barsimeus, B****s,
Barsamya; said to have died in 114 AD) (Syriac: ܒܪܣܡܝܐ
possibly “son of the
blind man" or “son of the
divine standard”)...
- The
Martyrdom of
Barsamya is a
Syriac Christian text. The text is set at
Edessa during the
reign of
Roman Emperor Trajan but is
dated by
biblical scholars...
- the altar, a
Christian bishop named Barsamya had
suddenly walked upon the
altar to
engage Sharbel publicly.
Barsamya preached to him and the public, and...
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Under Roman domination many
martyrs suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and
Barsamya,
under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Schâmôna, Habib, and
others under Diocletian...
- martyrdoms.
Sebastian Brock states that the Acts of Sharbel,
Martyrdom of
Barsamya, and the
Doctrine of
Addai originated from the same
group of authors. In...
- written.
Under Roman domination many
martyrs suffered at Edessa:
Sharbel and
Barsamya,
under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Shâmôna, Habib, and
others under Diocletian...
-
historically reliable martyr stories such as the Acts of
Sharbel and the Acts of
Barsamya,
which are
widely regarded to be
entirely fictitious.
Sebastian Brock considers...
- 200
According to Eusebius; He was a
contemporary of
Serapion of
Antioch Barsamya c. 250
Conon 304 Sha'ad (Saades) The
Chronicle of
Edessa places him between...
