Barsai
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Barsai; Barses; BARSAÏ
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1161
identifier: 77
sex: male
floruit: 361-378
In hagiography: Barsai was a bishop of Ḥarran and then Edessa while Ephrem the Syrian lived in Edessa; he built the "Grand Baptistery" there.
Saints Syriaques BARSAÏ 77
The west Syriac martyrology of Rabban Ṣalība commemorates Barsaï on the 12 of January.
Devreesse Antioche 291
A. van Lantschoot DHGE VI, col. 954, s.v. Barses
Segal Edessa 88, 91, 104, 175, 188
G. Eldarov BS II, 840-41