Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran
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Hananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran; ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1264
identifier: 187
sex: male
death: 826
In hagiography: Ḥananya of Dayr al-Zaʿfaran was a Syrian Orthodox bishop of Mardin and Kfartuto. He built a monastery that was named after him on the ruins of the monastery of Slemun.
Saints Syriaques ḤANĀNYA DE DAYR AL-ZA'FARĀN 187
BHO 373
[Appendix to the] Life of Benjamin Scheil Mar Benjamin 91-92
Barsaum Deir-uz-Zapharan 14-19
[The appendix of Barsaum in the text of Shābushtī confuses this monastery with the homonym which speaks of the author.] Šabūštī Diyārāt 281
J.M. Fiey BSO II, 156-57