Isho'dnah

These entries are listed alphabetically according to saint's name and with their corresponding number according to Isho'denah's work edited by Chabot. Each section will contain a short introductory note only if it is found in the work of Isho'denah. Bedjan's work will also be included for comparison. For the Syriac introduction to the work see here: Chabot; FT; Bedjan. The French translations on this page are in the same volume as the Syriac text edited by Chabot. If Bedjan and Chabot's numbers are not the same, Bedjan's number is indicated in parentheses.

Works Cited

Instrumenta

• P. Bedjan, Ed., Liber superiorum, seu Historia Monastica, auctore Thoma, Episcopo Margensi. Liber Fundatorum Monasteriorum in regno Persarum et Arabum. Homiliae Mar-Narsetis in Joseph. Documenta Patrum de quibusdam verae fidei dogmatibus. Paris; Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1901.
  • Pp. 439-520
• J. - B. Chabot, “Le livre de la Chasteté composé par Jésusdenah, Évêque de Baçrah”, École Française de Rome. Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, vol. 16, pp. 225-292, 1896.

Saint

• ø

  • [Unnamed] (66a)

    • Interpreter, martyr and bishop of Siaruzur, who produced an interpretation of David and a writing against the Magi
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (67)

• A

  • Abba Aaron (117) 

    • Founded a monastery under the name of the wood of the Holy Cross (ܡܪܝ ܨܠܝܒܐ) in the environs of the city of Balad
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (118)

  • Mar Abba (25) 

    • First laid the foundations of the monastery of Bar-Tura and Abba John, his disciple, finished it after him
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar 'Abda (75) 

    • Of the monastery of Me'are
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (76) 

  • 'Abda the lesser, Bar-Hutiph (76) 

    • Disciple of Abba Mar 'Abda, the founder of the monastery of Me'are
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (77) 

  • Mar Abdisho' (70) 

    • Disciple of Mar Babi of Nisibis
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (71)

  • Mar Abimelech (41) 

    • The exegete of the schools who completed the school of Beth-Sahde at Nisibis at the entrance of the mountain
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Abraham (42) 

    • The exegete and martyr of Nisibis
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Abraham (135) 

    • In his life he founded a monastery in the region of Imameh Isho'zaka, zealot and martyr
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Rabban Abraham, the blessed (96) 

    • Founded a monastery at Dasen
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (97)

  • Mar Abraham, the blessed (83) 

    • Who with Mar Dadisho' restored the monastery of Qaqi which is by the shore of Baradun in the vicinity of Baghdad and they made a monastery
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (84)

  • Mar Abraham, the blessed (120) 

    • Founded a monastery in the vicinity of the city of Hith which is by the Euphrates
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (121)

  • Mar Abraham the Great (14) 

    • Leader of the solitaries who founded a monastery on Mount Izla in the vicinity of Nisibis
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Abraham the solitary (131) 

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Masabadan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (132)

  • Mar Abraham of Me'are (106) 

    • Built the monaster of Mar Awgen
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (107)

  • Mar Abraham of Nathpar (43) 

    • Wrote on the monastic life
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Adramanag, the blessed (134) 

    • Built a monastery at Hirta
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Aha (6) 

    • The founder of the Monastery of Zarnouqa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Aithalaha (8) 

    • Of the schools of the Region of Beth-Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Aphnimaran (93) 

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Beth-Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (94)

  • Mar Athqen, the blessed (119) 

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Beth-Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (120)

  • Mar Awgen (1) 

    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

• B

  • Mar Babai (74)

    • The scribe who produced writings on the monastic life
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (75)

  • Mar Babai the Persian, the blessed (86)

    • The leader of a monastery, disciple of Rabban Kudahwi
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (87)

  • Mar Babai of Nisibis (17)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Izla
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Babai the Great (39)

    • Founded the school and prevalent monastery in the region of Beth-Zabdai
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Baqra, the faithful (129)

    • Founded a monastery on the Tigris in the environs of Gebilta
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (130)

  • Abba Bar-Dayra (115)

    • The anchorite
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (116)

  • Bar-'Edta (15)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Marga
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Bar-Kewela (32)

    • Founded a church in Kephar-Touta, a city of Mesopotamia
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Bar-Sahde, the Blessed (9)

    • Built a monastery at the shore of Harbe, a city by the Tigris
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Rabban Bar-Sahde (77)

    • Founded the monastery of the village of Baruqa in the environs of the monastery of Gamre
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (78)

  • Bar-Qusre (50)

    • Built a monastery in Mossul
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Basima (53)

    • Of the monastery of Kephar-Touta
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Ba'uth (103)

    • Founded a monastery in Beth-Nuhadra from the monastery of Mar Jonah of Bar-Tura
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (104)

  • Mar Boktisho' (118)

    • Founded a monaster on the lower parts of the moutain of Zinai and the monastery is called, "[the monastery] of Marga"
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (119)

• C

  • Cyriacus, the blessed (102)

    • Disciple of Abba Sliba and bishop of Baghdad
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (103)

• D

  • Mar Daniel (31)

    • Built a monastery on Mount Uruk
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Dadisho' (38)

    • The superior and leader of the monastery, disciple of Abraham the Great
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Dadisho', the blessed (82)

    • Built a monastery
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (83)

  • Mar Dairata (105)

    • Disciple of Aphnimaran the Great
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (106)

  • Mar Dausa (85)

    • Founded a monastery in Beth-Aramaye in the vicinity of the city of Beth-Ashkephil and the monasted is called "[monastery] of Bar-Haziz" until this day
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (86)

  • Mar David Bar-Nutara, the blessed (87)

    • Founded a monastery in the vicinity of the city of Merw of Korasan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (88)

  • Dawdi, the blessed (132)

    • Daughter of the covenant, founder of the [women's] convent in the city of Hirta of the Arabs
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (133)

• E

  • Mar Elijah (19)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Mossul
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Ezekiel, the blessed (84)

    • Founded the monastery of Beth-Garmai
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (85)

• G

  • Mar Gabriel of Kashkar, the blessed (121)

    • Founded three monasteries: the first in the environs of Mahoze of Ariwan in Beth-Garmai, the second in the environs of Dura of Quni, and the third which which is called, "The monastery of Gabbare", in the region of Beth-Roushme
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (122)

  • Mar Gabriel (136)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Radan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan 

  • Rabban Gabruna (51)

    • Founded a monastery in the mountain of Pirdun, that is, Qarta, and it is called the monastery of Shamuna
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Gani (28)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Kashkar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Gayan, the faithful (130)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Kashkar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (131)

  • Mar George (94)

    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (95)

  • Mar George (16)

    • Founded two monasteries: one in the region of Adiabene in the vicinity of Romini and the other in the region of Marga
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar George (100)

    • Founded the monastery in the region of Persia, in the vicinity of the city of Astahr
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (101)

  • Mar George Marwazaya (36)

    • Founded the monastery of Egalgal in the vicinity of the city of Merw of Khorasan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar George, solitary and martyr (57)

    • Founded schools in Babylon and wrote on the monastic life and against heretics
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Gregory (12)

    • The superior, who composed a book on the monastic life
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Gregory, Metropolitan of Nisibis (56)

    • Wrote on the monastic life and made disciples and built a school
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

• H

  • Mar Habib (52)

    • Of the monastery of Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Habiba (68)

    • Leader of the great monastery of Izla
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (69)

  • Helena (133)

    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (133b)

  • Mar Henanisho' (21)

    • Founded a monastery in the regions of Salak and Dibor
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Henanisho' (62)

    • Disciple of Mar Sabarisho' of Beth-Quqa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Henanisho', the blessed (122)

    • Built the monastery of the house of Reqna next to the city of Hadeth
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (123)

  • Rabban Hormizd (88)

    • Built the monastery on the mountain of the city of Beth-Adrai
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (89)

• I/J

  • Mar Isaac, Bishop of Ninevah (124)

    • Who abandoned the episcopate and produced spiritual writings on the monastic life
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (125)

  • Abba Isho' (111)

    • Leader of a monastery, disciple of Rabban Aphimaran
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (112)

  • Isho'sabaran, martyr and solitary (60)

    • For whom a monastery was built in the city of Arbela and the twelve martyrs with him
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Isho'sabaran (91)

    • Leader of the monastery of Rabban Yozadaq who built the monastery on the mounain of Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (92)

  • Isho'sabaran (104)

    • Companion of Mar John of Dailam
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (105)

  • Mar Isho'yahb (139)

    • Left his place to found a monastery on the mountain of Beth-Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Isho'zaka (47)

    • Founded the monastery of Beth-'Abe on the mountain of Marga
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Jacob (34)

    • Founded the monastery of Beth-'Abe on the mountain of Marga
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Jacob (24)

    • Founded the monastery of Habisha, in the vicinity of Arzun, near the village of Se'ert
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Jacob (140)

    • Prophet and seer, disciple of Mar Isho'yahb
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Job (44)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Adiabene
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (2)

    • Founded a monastery in the regions of Beth-Zabdai and Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (7)

    • Founded the monastery of Kamul
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (22)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Arzun, and the monastery is named "[monastery] of Nehel"
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (23)

    • Founder of the monastery of Qanqal
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (46)

    • Of the monastery of the cave which was on the mountain of Izla
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (63)

    • Leader of the monastery of Beth-Quqa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John (137)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Beth-Arne
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John [of Dalyatha] (125)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Qardu and dwelt on the mountain of Dalyatha
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (126)

  • Mar John, the blessed (112)

    • Built a monastery in the region of Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (113)

  • John of Adarmah (20)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Dasan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John of Dalyam (116)

    • Founded a monastery on a Persian mountain in the vicinity of the city of Argan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (117)

  • John of Kashkar, the Blessed (10)

    • Of the monastery of 'Ain-Deqle on Mount Uruk in the region of Beth Garmai
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar John Marwazaya (37)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of the Palestinians on the mountain of Ephraim, called, "[the monastery] of Samarouna"
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Jonah (4)

    • The anchorite in whose name the monastery of Anbar was built near Baghdad
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Abba Jonah (49)

    • Founded the monastery of Bar-Tura in the vicinity of Shingar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Jonah (27)

    • Founded a monastery in Adiabene 
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Rabban Jonah (33)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Rabban Joseph, the blessed (114)

    • Built a monastery in the region of Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (115)

  • Mar Joseph, the blessed (65)

    • Leader of the monastery of Beth-Quqa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Abba Joseph (110)

    • Founded a monastery opposite the village of Balad
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (111)

  • Abba Joseph the seer (Hazzaya) (125)

    • Also called 'Abdisho'
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (126)

• K

  • Mar Kudahwi (78)

    • Founded the monastery of Beth-Hale
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (79)

• M

  • Mar Makika (95)

    • The monk (ܐܒܝܠܐ) of the monastery of Beth-Nishar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (96)

  • Rabban Malkisho' (98)

    • Of the new monastery of Elim
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (99)

  • Mar Michael (61)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Adiabene, in the vicinity of the city of Kephar-Uzziel
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

• N

  • Rabban Mar Narsai (72)

    • Leader of the monastery of Mar Abraham the Great of Izla
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (73) 

  • Mar Nathaniel (66)

    • Leader of the monastery of Beth-Quqa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Nestorius, the Blessed (48)

    • Founded a monastery in the region of Adiabene
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

• P

  • Mar Pethion (13)

    • Martyr and monk of Halwan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Pethion, the blessed (99)

    • Disciple of Rabban Aphnimaran the Great
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (100)

• Q

  • Mar Qamisho' (89)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Heptun which is near Marga
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (90)

  • Mar Qardag (45)

    • Of the brotherhood of Mar Babai the Great
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Qardag, Martyr (11)

    • In whose name monasteries were built
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

• R

  • Ramway, the faithful (128)

    • Founded a monastery in Kashkar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (129)

  • Ruzbihan (107)

    • Metropolitan of Nisibis
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (108)

• S

  • Mar Sabarisho' (26)

    • Founded a monastery in 'Abba Shapira 
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Sabarisho' (59)

    • Founder of the monastery of Beth-Quqa in the region of Adiabene
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Sabarisho' (91)

    • Metropolitan of Beth-Garmai
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (92)

  • Mar Sabokt (29)

    • Disciple of Mar Abraham of Izla, who founded a monastery in the vicinity of the city of Shingar on the mountain
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Sahdona (127) [see Mar Tyris]

  • Mar Sahrawai (18)

    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Rabban Saphra (109)

    • Founded a monastery on Mount Izla
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (110)

  • Mar Sergius Dauda (80)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Kashkar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (81)

  • Mar Simon (67)

    • Founded the monastery of the city of Shena
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (68)

  • Mar Simon (71)

    • Founded the monastery of Beth-Bagash
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (72)

  • Mar Simon (113)

    • Leader of the monastery of Rabban Yozadak
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (114)

  • Abba Sliba (101)

    • Founded a monastery in Beth-Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (102)

  • Mar Stephen (138)

    • Founded a monastery in Sagistan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan 

• Š

  • Rabban Šabor (55)

    • Founded the monastery in the region of Beth-Huzaye
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Šalita (5)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of the city of Dara
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Šalita (35)

    • The bishop who founded a monastery between Haran and Edessa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Abba Šemša (123)

    • Founded a monastery in Beth-Aramaye in the vicinity of the city of Anbar near the village named Rewab
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (124)

  • Mar Šeri (3)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of the city of Dara
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Abba Šlemon [Solomon], the blessed (97)

    • Leader of the monastery of Mar Isho'yahb of Beth-Nuhadra
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (98)

  • Mar Šubhalmaran, metropolitan of Karka of Beth-Saluk (58)

    • Produced writings on the monastic life
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Šubhalmaran (64)

    • Leader of the monastery of Beth-Quqa
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Šubhalmaran (79)

    • The anchorite who founded the monastery on the mountain of Masabadan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Šubhalmaran, the blessed (81)

    • Founded the monastery on the shore of Shabrug of Beth-Garmai
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (82)

• T

  • Rabban Theodore (73)

    • Founded schools in the region of Kashkar
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (74)

  • Mar Titus (54)

    • Founded the cathedral church of Hadeth
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Tyris, also called Bar-Sahde [the famous Sahdona] (127)

    • The bishop of Mahoze of Ariwan
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (128)

• U

  • Mar Ukkama (30)

    • Founded a monastery in the cave of Mar John of the village of Kamul in the region of Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

• Y

  • Mar Yahb (40)

    • The anchorite who wrote about God and creation
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Yozadaq (90)

    • Founded a monastery on the mountain of Qardu
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (91)

• Z

  • Mar Zinai (69)

    • Produced writings on the monastic life and founded a monastery on the mountain of Adiabene
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan

  • Mar Zokke (108)

    • Bishop of Hadeth
    • Syriac–Chabot (FT)
    • Syriac–Bedjan (109)