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Also known as Narses

Narsai (sometimes spelt Narsay, Narseh or Narses; , name derived from Pahlavi Narsēh from Avestan Nairyō.saȵhō, meaning 'potent utterance'; ) was one of the foremost of the poet-theologians of the early Church of the East, perhaps equal in stature to Jacob of Serugh, both second only to Ephrem the Syrian. He is venerated as a saint in all the modern descendants of the Church of the East; the Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East, and Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Saint Narsai is known as the 'Flute of the Holy Spirit.'

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Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Narsai
Saint.venerated_in
Roman Catholic ChurchAssyrian Church of the EastAncient Church of the EastSyro Malabar ChurchChaldean Catholic Church
Saint.birth_date
c. 399
Saint.birth_place
‘Ain Dulba (ܥܝܢ ܕܘܠܒܐ)(modern-day Iraq)
Saint.death_date
c. 502
Saint.death_place
Nisibis, Sassanid Empire(modern-day Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey)

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Life
  • Homilies
  • List of Narsai's homilies
  • Syriac editions
  • Published translations
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Narsai (sometimes spelt Narsay, Narseh or Narses; , name derived from Pahlavi Narsēh from Avestan Nairyō.saȵhō, meaning 'potent utterance'; ) was one of the foremost of the poet-theologians of the early Church of the East, perhaps equal in stature to Jacob of Serugh, both second only to Ephrem the Syrian. He is venerated as a saint in all the modern descendants of the Church of the East; the Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East, and Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Saint Narsai is known as the 'Flute of the Holy Spirit.'

Although many of his works seem to have been lost, around eighty of his mēmrē (), or verse homilies are extant.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Narsai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.