Isaac the Syrian

This article is about Isaac of Nineveh. For the 4th century bishop of Edessa, see Isaac of Antioch.
Saint

Isḥaq of Nineveh
Isaac the Syrian
Icon of Saint Isaac the Syrian
Bishop, Hieromonk
Bornc. 613[1]
Beth Qatraye,[1][2][3]
Diedc. 700 (age c. 87)
Nineveh, Umayyad Caliphate
Venerated in
Major shrineRabban Hormizd Monastery
FeastJanuary 28
AttributesTurban, cape, scrolls, writing tools

Isḥaq of Nineveh (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي Ishaq an-Naynuwī; c. 613 – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἰσαὰκ Σῦρος,[6][7] Isaac of Nineveh, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar,[8] was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop of the Church of the East, and theologian best remembered for his written works on Christian asceticism.[9] He is regarded as a saint in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Church and Church of the East traditions. His feast day falls, together with 4th-century theologian and hymnographer St. Ephrem the Syrian, on January 28.

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  5. ^ "Saint Isaac the Syrian Ascetical Homily". stmarkboston.org.
  6. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαὰκ ὁ Σύρος Ἐπίσκοπος Νινευΐ. 28 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. ^ St Isaac the Syrian the Bishop of Nineveh. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  8. ^ Fromherz, Allen (2012). Qatar: A Modern History. I. B. Tauris. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-58901-910-2.
  9. ^ Brock, Sebastian P. "Ishaq of Nineveh". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage.