Ma'na of Pars

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Maʿna
Metropolitan of Beth Parsaye and Beth Hendwaye
ChurchChurch of the East
ProvincePars
SeePars
(Rev Ardashir, Shiraz)
AppointedAba I
Installed540
PredecessorIshoʿbokth,
Aqacius
Previous post(s)Bishop of Arzun
Orders
RankMetropolitan bishop
Personal details
Born5th century
Died6th century
DenominationEast Syriac Christianity
Alma materSchool of Edessa,
School of Nisibis

Maʿna, also known as Maʿna of Pars, Maʿna of Rev Ardashir or Maʿna of Shiraz, was a Persian Christian theologian, author and an East Syriac metropolitan bishop of Pars during the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

Maʿna is chiefly noted for the translation of Syriac and Greek Christian literature into Pahlavi language. He is the first Christian writer known to have written in Pahlavi and is generally attributed with the translation of the Pahlavi Psalter from the Syriac Peshitta.