Assemani is a surname. "Assemani" is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

patronymic which means son of

Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Giuseppe Simone Assemani Giuseppe Simone Assemani ( Classical Syriac : ܝܵܘܣܸܦ ܒܲܪ ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ , ( ''Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani'', , ; July 27, 1687 – January 13, 1768) was a librarian, Lebanese Maronite orientalist, and Catholic bishop. For his efforts, an ...

(1687–1768), Lebanese

Maronite Maronites (; ) are a Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant (particularly Lebanon) whose members belong to the Maronite Church. The largest concentration has traditionally re ...

Orientalist *

Stefano Evodio Assemani Stefano Evodio Assemani (15 April 171124 November 1782), Ottoman-born orientalist, nephew of Giuseppe Simone Assemani and cousin of Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, was the chief assistant of his uncle Giuseppe Simone in his work in the Vatican library. C ...

(1709–1782), nephew of Giuseppe Simone *

Giuseppe Luigi Assemani Giuseppe Luigi Assemani (1710 on Mount Lebanon Tripoli, Lebanon, TripoliFebruary 9, 1782 in Rome) was a Lebanon, Lebanese Catholic priest, an oriental studies, orientalist and a Professor of Oriental languages in Rome. Assemani came from a well k ...

(1710–1782), nephew of Giuseppe Simone and cousin of Stefano Evodio * Simone Assemani (1752–1820), grandnephew of Giuseppe Simone

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