Barsauma Explained

Barsauma (also spelled Barsawma, Barsawmo, Bar Sawma, Bar Sauma or Barsoum) is an Aramaic or Syriac name meaning "Son of the Fast" or "Son of Lent." It may refer to:

People

• Barsauma (died 456), monk, abbot and supporter of Dioscorus of Alexandria, subject of the Life of Barsauma
• Barsauma of Nisibis (d. 491), late fifth century metropolitan of Nisibis for the Church of the East
• Bar Sawma of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (d. 1136), patriarch of the Church of the East in Baghdad
• Rabban Bar Sauma (d. 1294), bishop of the Church of the East and traveler from China to Europe
• Ignatius Afram I Barsoum (1887-1957), patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Michel Barsoum, American scientist and engineer

Places

• Monastery of Mor Bar Sauma, a monastery near Malatya
• Church of Mor Barsawmo, a church in Midyat
• Mount Barsoum, a mountain in Antarctica

See also

• Barsoum elements, a mathematical technique in finite element analysis