Dioscorus of Gozarto
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Dioscorus Gabriel of Gozarto d-Qardu was the disciple of Bar Hebraeus, who wrote his biography.
Bar cEbroyo’s disciple and biographer, Dioscorus Gabriel b. John of Bartelli (bishop of Gâzartâ d-Qardû) names Armenian, along with Syriac, Arabic and Persian, among the languages spoken by Bar cEbroyo (J.Y. Çiçek, Mimro cal qadisho Griguriyus mafryono d-madnho da-cbid l-Diyusqurus episqupo d-Gozarto mdito d-Qardu shnat 1286 m. [Glane/Losser: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1985], 39.5-6; cf. A. Sauma, "Commentary on the ‘Biography’ of Bar Hebraeus", Aram [Stockholm] 7 [1998] 35-68, here 40).
Links
- Hidemi TAKAHASHI, Simeon of Qalca Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar cEbroyo Hugoye 4 (2001)
