Bar Hebraeus
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Bar Hebraeus was a 13th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop, polymath, and historian known for his extensive scholarly works on theology, philosophy, science, and history in the Middle East.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bar Hebraeus canonical | 1 |
| Gregory Bar Hebraeus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2186733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Bar Hebraeus Context triple: [Sack of Baghdad (1258), describedBySource, Bar Hebraeus]
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John of Damascus
John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.
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Saint Jacob Baradaeus
Saint Jacob Baradaeus was a 6th-century bishop and key organizer of the Syriac Miaphysite movement, credited with preserving and restructuring what became the Syriac Orthodox Church under Byzantine persecution.
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C.
Jacob of Serugh
Jacob of Serugh was a prominent 5th–6th century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian renowned for his extensive corpus of metrical homilies and poetic theological writings.
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D.
Ephrem the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian was a 4th-century Syriac Christian theologian, hymnographer, and poet revered as a Church Father and Doctor of the Church.
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E.
Macarius of Antioch
Macarius of Antioch was a 7th-century patriarch and theologian best known for his prominent role in defending the Monothelite doctrine, which led to his condemnation as a heretic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bar Hebraeus Target entity description: Bar Hebraeus was a 13th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop, polymath, and historian known for his extensive scholarly works on theology, philosophy, science, and history in the Middle East.
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A.
John of Damascus
John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.
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B.
Saint Jacob Baradaeus
Saint Jacob Baradaeus was a 6th-century bishop and key organizer of the Syriac Miaphysite movement, credited with preserving and restructuring what became the Syriac Orthodox Church under Byzantine persecution.
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C.
Jacob of Serugh
Jacob of Serugh was a prominent 5th–6th century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian renowned for his extensive corpus of metrical homilies and poetic theological writings.
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D.
Ephrem the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian was a 4th-century Syriac Christian theologian, hymnographer, and poet revered as a Church Father and Doctor of the Church.
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E.
Macarius of Antioch
Macarius of Antioch was a 7th-century patriarch and theologian best known for his prominent role in defending the Monothelite doctrine, which led to his condemnation as a heretic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syriac Christian
ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox bishop ⓘ chronicler ⓘ historian ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Malatya Province ⓘ
surface form:
Malatya
Melitene ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1226 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Mar Mattai Monastery
ⓘ
near Mosul ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Mongol Ilkhanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilkhanate
Maragheh ⓘ
surface form:
Maragha
|
| deathYear | 1286 ⓘ |
| education |
studied medicine
ⓘ
studied philosophy ⓘ studied under Muslim and Christian scholars ⓘ |
| era | Mongol period in the Middle East ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biblical exegesis
ⓘ
canon law ⓘ grammar ⓘ history ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bar ʿEbrāyā
ⓘ
Bar Hebraeus ⓘ
surface form:
Gregory Bar Hebraeus
Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn al-ʿIbrī
|
| hasBirthName |
Abu’l-Faraj Gregory
ⓘ
Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī ⓘ |
| hasEthnicIdentity |
Arameans
ⓘ
surface form:
Aramean
Syriac ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Abulpharagius ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ al‑Ghazali ⓘ
surface form:
al-Ghazali
earlier Syriac theologians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Syriac literature ⓘ grammatical works ⓘ historical chronicles ⓘ medical writings ⓘ philosophical encyclopedias ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Book of the Dove
ⓘ
Chronicon Ecclesiasticum ⓘ Chronicon Syriacum ⓘ Cream of Science ⓘ Ethicon ⓘ Hewath Hekhmetha ⓘ Menarath Qudhshe ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Maphrian of the East
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Syriac Orthodox metropolitan ⓘ bishop of Aleppo ⓘ bishop of Gubos ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Mongol Ilkhanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilkhanid Persia
Middle East ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religion |
Oriental Orthodoxy
ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| usedCalendar | Seleucid era in his chronicles ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
astronomy
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church history ⓘ ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ medicine ⓘ mysticism ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ universal history ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Syriac
|
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Subject: Bar Hebraeus Description of subject: Bar Hebraeus was a 13th-century Syriac Orthodox bishop, polymath, and historian known for his extensive scholarly works on theology, philosophy, science, and history in the Middle East.
Referenced by (2)
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