Moses of Mardin
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Moses of Mardin | |
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Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
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Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Qaluq, Tur Abdin |
Died | 1592 |
Previous post(s) | Priest |
Moses of Mardin (
Biography
Moses was born in the village of Qaluq near Mardin in the Tur Abdin region to a Syriac family.[1] Moses is first mentioned in 1549 as an envoy of the Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Abdullah I Stephan, to Rome to seek the means to print Syriac copies of the New Testament. His mission also included negotiations of unity with the Catholic Church in anticipation of the Patriarch's arrival.
Whilst in Rome, Moses stayed in the monastery of
In 1550, Moses travelled to Venice to meet Guillaume Postel to promote the idea of printing a Syriac copy of the New Testament which Postel had been working on since 1537. Despite this Postel could not help print it as he did not have the characters to print in Syriac.
In 1552, Moses then returned to Rome where he taught Syriac to
Moses remained in Europe until 1562 before returning to the East; however before departing he sold 250 copies on the European market. In 1578, he is mentioned returning to Rome as a bishop accompanied by the deposed patriarch
References
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