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Abraham of the High Mountain

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Abraham of the High Mountain
Saint
Died399
modern Turkey
FeastApril 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.

References

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  1. ^ Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques ( Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004) http://syriaca.org/bibl/650, entry: 19
  2. ^ Abraham of the High Mountain – ܐܒܪܗܡ(d. 399) saint Archived 2018-02-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 15 Mar 2018

External sources

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  • 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.