Elijah
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Elijah; ÉLIE
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1220
identifier: 139
sex: male
floruit: 709-723
In hagiography: Elijah was the Syrian Orthodox bishop of Antioch and a convert from the Melkite community. He was a monk from the monastery of Gubba Barraya. He was bishop of Apamea and later Patriarch of Antioch. He was esteemed by Caliph Al-Walid I who allowed him to build a church.
Saints Syriaques ÉLIE 139
A. van Roey La lettre apologetique d'Elie a Leon Le Museon 57 (1944), 1-52
Van Roey Eliae epistula apologetica ad Leonum, Syncellum harranensem
J.M. Fiey BSO I, 752