Peter the Iberian


Peter the Iberian
Fresco of Peter the Iberian at the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem
Bishop of Maiuma
Bornc. 417
Kingdom of Iberia
Died2 December,[1] 491
Yavne-Yam, Palaestina Prima
Venerated inEastern Christianity
Feast2 December (Georgian Church)[1]
27 November & 1 December (Syriac Christianity)[2]
1 Kiahk (Oriental Orthodoxy)
ControversyChristology
InfluencesZeno the Prophet, John the Laz
InfluencedSeverus of Antioch, John Rufus
Tradition or genre
Desert Fathers

Peter the Iberian (Georgian: პეტრე იბერი, romanized: p'et're iberi) (c. 417-491) was a Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism. Some have claimed that he is the author known conventionally as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.[3]

His accomplishments include founding the first Georgian monastery in Bethlehem and becoming the bishop of Maiuma near Gaza. The oldest Georgian Bir el Qutt inscriptions mention Peter with his father.

  1. ^ a b Bishop Anania Saint Petre Iberi 2015, Tbilisi
  2. ^ Peter the Iberian The Syriac Biographical Dictionary
  3. ^ Sh. Nutsubidze. "Mystery of Pseudo-Dionys Areopagit (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1942; E. Honigmann, Pierre l'Iberian et les ecrits du Pseudo-Denys l'Areopagita. Bruxelles, 1952.