Samuel the Confessor
Samuel the Confessor (* 597 in Dakluba , † 695 ) is a saint of the Coptic Church , who is venerated as a confessor .
He founded the monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor in Qalamoun .
The so-called Apocalypse of Samuel is sometimes ascribed to him. However, the text was written later. The figures vary between the 8th century and the Fatimid period .
literature
- Samuel the Confessor
- Émile Amélineau : Samuel de Qalamoun . In: Revue de l'histoire des religions . tape 30 , 1894, ISSN 0035-1423 , p. 1-47 .
- Isaac the Presbyter; Anthony Alcock ( transl . ): The Life of Samuel of Kalamun . Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1983, ISBN 978-0-85668-219-3 .
- Anthony Alcock: Samu'il of Qalamun, Saint . In: Aziz Suryal Atiya (ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia . 7: Qalʿ - Zost. Macmillan, New York 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897036-3 , pp. 2092 f . ( claremont.edu ).
- Apocalypse of Samuel
- Georg Graf : History of Christian Arabic Literature. Volume I, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944, pp. 280-282
- J. Ziadeh: Apocalypse of Samuel . In: Revue del'Orient Chrétien . tape 10 , 1917, pp. 374-407 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/4_8.html#4
- ↑ Introduction to translation
- ^ Translation of whole work
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Samuel the Confessor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saint of the Coptic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dakluba |
| DATE OF DEATH | 695 |