Zeʿora — ܙܥܘܪܐ
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ܙܥܘܪܐ; Zʿōrā; Zeʿora; Za'ura; Zʾōrā; Ze‘ora; ZA'ŪRA
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1524
identifier: 468
sex: male
floruit: 527
Zaʿūra was an anchorite whose life was memorialized by John of Ephesus. He was a stylite saint who famously replaced his teacher, another stylite, when the former was ready to retire. Zaʿūra also travelled to Constantinople in order to advocate for the cause of the Miaphysites before the Empress Theodora.
event: Zeʿora is commemorated in Zeʿora (text).
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 584
Saints Syriaques ZA'ŪRA 468
J.M. Fiey BSO II, 1385-86