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Certainty: deathDeath: Simeon the Stylite died on 28 October 460.

Source Text

69 MS. § 69 Chron. § 69

ܒܫܢܬ ܫܒܥܡܐܐ ܘܫܒܥܝܢ ܘܚܕܐ ܢܦܼܩ ܛܘܒܢܐ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܗ ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ ܒܬܪܗܝܢ ܒܐܝܠܘܠ ܒܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܒܫܒܐ ܥܕܢ ܚܕܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܫ̈ܥܝܢ.

See full text at The Syriac Corpus

Sources:

  • Ignazio Guidi,Chronica Minora. Pars Prior, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.4 (Paris: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1903), p: 8.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • Benjamin Harris Cowper,Selections from the Syriac. No. I: The Chronicle of Edessa,Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record NS V, 9 (1864): 28–45, part: 69.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
The correct date for the death of Simeon the Stylite is A. Gr. 770 (459), not A. Gr. 771.

How to cite:

Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/8559-353, in The Chronicle of Edessa: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.

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