Aphrahat
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Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; , Ap̄rahaṭ, , , , and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. All his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later on in his life. He was an ascetic and celibate, and was almost definitely a son of the covenant (an early Syriac form of communal monasticism). He may have been a bishop, and later Syriac tradition places him at the head of Mar Mattai Monas
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- Born
- fl. 337
- Died
- 345
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Le " dimostrazioni" del "Sapiente Persiano"
- Unterweisungen
- Les exposés
- Les exposes (Sources chretiennes)
- La version armenienne des euvres d'Aphraate le Syrien (Scriptores Armeniaci)
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Aphrahat the Persian
- Saint.image
- Les Vies des Pères des déserts d'Orient - leur doctrine spirituelle et leur discipline monastique (1886) (14590545527).jpg
- Saint.caption
- Aphrahat depicted in '' Les Vies des Pères des déserts d'Orient : leur doctrine spirituelle et leur discipline monastique'' (1886)
- Saint.titles
- Church Father Bishop, Abbot
- Saint.feast_day
- 29 January (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox)20 Tobi (Coptic Orthodox)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Church of the East
- Saint.canonized_date
- Pre-congregation
- Saint.major_shrine
- Mar Mattai Monastery
- Saint.attributes
- Shemagh, habit
- Saint.patronage
- Erbil, Mosul
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Les Vies des Pères des déserts d'Orient - leur doctrine spirituelle et leur discipline monastique (1886) (14590545527).jpg
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- date of death
- 0346-01-01
- date of birth
- 0270-01-01
- floruit
- 0400-00-00
- name in native language
- Aphraates
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9 sectionsContents
- Life, history and identity
- About "The Demonstrations"
- Translations
- Order and subjects of The Demonstrations
- Notes
- References
- References noted in {{harvnb|McLean|1911}}
- Other sources
- External links
Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; , Ap̄rahaṭ, , , , and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. All his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later on in his life. He was an ascetic and celibate, and was almost definitely a son of the covenant (an early Syriac form of communal monasticism). He may have been a bishop, and later Syriac tradition places him at the head of Mar Mattai Monastery near Mosul in what is now northern Iraq. He was a near contemporary to the slightly younger Ephrem the Syrian, but the latter lived within the sphere of the Roman Empire. Called the Persian Sage (, Ḥakkimā Pārsāyā), Aphrahat witnessed to the concerns of the early church beyond the eastern boundaries of the Roman Empire.
==Life, history and identity== Aphrahat was born near the border of Roman Syria and Neo-Persian Iran around 280, during the rule of Sasanian Emperor Shapur II.