Abraham of the High Mountain explained
| Abraham of the High Mountain |
| Titles: | Saint |
| Death Date: | 399 |
| Death Place: | modern Turkey |
| Feast Day: | April 18 (in Syriac Church) |
Abraham of the High Mountain (died 399)[1] was a teacher of Barsauma. Abraham was not only a monk but a miracle-worker of the monastery of the High Mountain which is located to north of Mount Izla. He founded a monastery near Midyat where the stylite Abel was.[2]
A monastery was dedicated in Abraham's name at Garbia near in Tur Abdin. His biography was written by a disciple of his, Stephen. His feast day is April 18.
External sources
- Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
- Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent et al., Abraham of the High Mountain (text) — ܐܒܪܗܡ in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica last modified November 5, 2015, http://syriaca.org/work/1135.
Notes and References
- Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004) http://syriaca.org/bibl/650, entry: 19
- http://syriaca.org/person/1109/ Abraham of the High Mountain – ܐܒܪܗܡ(d. 399) saint
