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Philoxenos of Mabbug - ܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܕܡܒܘܓ

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"Metropolitan bp. of Mabbug (modern Membij/ancient Hierapolis) (485-519), ascetic theologian, christological polemicist, and sponsor of the Philoxenian NT."1

Names

  • ܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܕܡܒܘܓ
  • Philoxenos of Mabbug
  • ܡܪܝ ܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܕܡܒܘܓ4
  • ܡܳܪܝ ܦܺܝܠܠܘܟܣܺܝܢܘܣ ܕܡܰܒܘܓ4
  • ܦܝܠܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܕܡܒܘܓ6
  • مار فيلكسينس المنبجي3
  • Aksenoyo; Xenos
  • Philoxenus Mabbugensis15
  • PHILOXÈNE7
  • Philoxène de Mabbog6
  • Pīlāksīnōs d-Mabōg6
  • Pīlōksīnōs d-Mabōgh
  • Mar Philoxenus of Mabug2
  • Philoxenos of Mabbug1
  • Philoxenus of Mabbug5
  • Philoxène de Maboug6

Birth

ca. 440s? Taḥal

Death

523 Gangra

Sex

male7

Notes

"Metropolitan bp. of Mabbug (modern Membij/ancient Hierapolis) (485-519), ascetic theologian, christological polemicist, and sponsor of the Philoxenian NT."1 In hagiography: Philoxenos of Mabbug was commemorated as the miaphysite metropolitan bishop of Mabbug. He was born in Beth Garmai. Although he was trained as a dyophysite in the school of Edessa, hagiographic accounts also connect him to the miaphysite monasteries of Tell ʿada, and Qartmin. As Bishop of Mabbug, he fought against the Nestorians and Flavian. After the ascent of the emperor Justin I, Philoxenus was exiled. According to hagiographic tradition, this imprisonment was in Gangra and Philippopolis. Accounts of his martyrdom in exile are preserved in hagiography but difficult to substantiate. His cult was particularly strong in Ṭur ʿAbdin where his relics are preserved (in Midyat).1
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  • 1 D. A. Michelson, Philoxenos of Mabbug, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 332-333. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), entry: 40p: 262. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 226. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 252. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Philoxenus of Mabbug