Antioch & Syriawriter
Who he was
- He was born in the late 4th century in Amid.
- He studied at Edessa, and was ordained a presbyter in Amid.
- He avoided public involvement in the theological disputes of his age, although his own position appears to have been Orthodox.
What he wrote
- His writings in Syriac, “nearly as voluminous and varied as those of St. Ephraem” (Wright), have been published by G Bickell.
- One of these on the earthquake, followed by fire, which destroyed much of Antioch in 459, was probably was one of his latest efforts.