Shaʿya, Elias (1895–1970) [Syr. Orth.]

He was born in Barṭelle in 1895, ordained deacon by Athanasios Tumo Qaṣīr in 1928 and then a priest for Sanjār by Ignatius Eliya III Shakir. He later served as a priest in his village. He established a school and renovated the Syriac mss. of the Mart Shmuni Church. He served as an abbot of Dayro d-Mor Matay twice. He wrote on the wars of Ṭahmasab the Persian. He composed eight poems which were later published by Isḥaq Saka (Mosul, 1962).

Sources

  • Macuch, Geschichte, 450–1.
  • Munūfar Barṣūm, Aḍwāʾ, 65–6.

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