Barsauma (also spelled Barsawma, Barsawmo, Bar Sawma, Bar Sauma or Barsoum) is an
Aramaic
Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...
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Syriac name meaning "Son of the Fast" or "Son of Lent." It may refer to:
People
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Barsauma (died 456), monk, abbot and supporter of Dioscorus of Alexandria, subject of the ''Life of Barsauma''
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Barsauma of Nisibis
Barsauma (, ''Barṣaumâ''), nicknamed ''Bar Sawma'', "son of Lent" in Syriac, was Metropolitan of Nisibis in the 5th century, and a major figure in the history of the Church of the East. Under his leadership the church moved away from Roman l ...
(d. 491), late fifth century metropolitan of Nisibis for the Church of the East
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Bar Sawma of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (d. 1136), patriarch of the Church of the East in Baghdad
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Rabban Bar Sauma
Rabban Bar Ṣawma (Syriac language: , ; 1220January 1294), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban ÇaumaMantran, p. 298 ( zh, s=拉班·扫马, t=拉賓掃務瑪, p=lābīn sǎowùmǎ), was a Uygurs, Uyghur monk turned diplomat of the "Nestor ...
(d. 1294), bishop of the Church of the East and traveler from China to Europe
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Ignatius Afram I Barsoum (1887-1957), patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
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Michel Barsoum, American scientist and engineer
Places
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Monastery of Mor Bar Sauma, a monastery near
Malatya
Malatya (; ; Syriac language, Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of y ...
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Church of Mor Barsawmo, a church in
Midyat
Midyat (, , , ) is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,241 km2, and its population is 120,069 (2022).
In the modern era, the town is populated by Kurds, Mhallami Arabs and Assyrians. The old Estel neighborho ...
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Mount Barsoum, a mountain in Antarctica
See also
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Barsoum elements, a mathematical technique in finite element analysis
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