Kyrillonas

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Kyrillonas , ( ancient Greek Κυριλλωνάς Cyrillonas , Qurillonā ) was a Syrian theologian and poet at the end of the 4th century / beginning of the 5th century.

Little is known about his life. He was a cleric, at least a deacon, and probably a priest. It is possible that he is identical to one of the nephews of Saint Ephrem the Syrians who has been proven in Edessa . Six homiletic poems by Kyrillonas have survived . These comment on episodes from the Gospels such as the institution of the Eucharist , the conversion of Zacchaeus and various pericopes from John. One of his works deals with the Huns invasion , which means that it can be dated to the year 396 with great certainty. The oldest surviving manuscript dates from the 6th century and is now in the British Museum (signature Add. 14591 ). Specifically, there are the following six poems: Prayer hymns for All Saints' Day in 396 about the locust plague and other criminal courts, especially the war with the Huns ; Hymn on the conversion of Zacchaeus ; Hymn on the washing of the feet ; First homily on the Passover of Christ ; Second homily on the Passover of Christ ; About the wheat . According to Gustav Bickell , he is one of the most important poets of the Syrian Church after Saint Ephrem.

expenditure

  • Gustav Bickell, in: Journal of the German Oriental Society 27 (1873), pp. 566-598; Corrections and additions 35 (1881), pp. 531-532.
  • Gustav Bickell: Selected poems by the Syrian church fathers Cyrillonas, Baläus, Isaak v. Antioch and Jacob v. Sarug. (= Library of the Church Fathers 4) Jos. Kösel, Kempten 1872 ( digitized version ).
  • Selected writings of the Syrian poets: Cyrillonas, Baläus, Isaac of Antioch and Jacob of Sarug. Translated from the Syriac by S. Landersdorfer (= Library of the Church Fathers, 1st row, Volume 6). J. Kösel, Kempten / Munich 1912 ( full text ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landersdorfer (lit.)
personal data
SURNAME Kyrillonas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cyrillonas, Qurillonā
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian poet
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century