SPEAR Factoids about Churches

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event: Simeon decided to take up residence in the abandoned church in Mʿrbnʾ See factoid page


event: Sometime during the episcopacy of Severus of Antioch Eutychian the governor of Apamea joined in celebrating martyrs and dedicating a church with Anonymous 3740 despite the fact that he had lawfully deprived of his priestly office. See factoid page


event: Misael delivered Severus's church from the persecution of Ægilas. See factoid page


event: Abraham, Cyriac, Barhadbshabba, and Sergius helped John of Ephesus build ninety-two churches and ten monasteries in four provinces with the help of the heavenly power. See factoid page


event: Sometime between 515-18 Severus of Antioch wrote a letter to the magister militum Hypatius about the case of Julian who petitioned Hypatius to overturn the ruling of an ecclesiastical court that found him guilt of using church property for personal benefit. See factoid page


event: Mare petitioned Justinian and Theodora for building materials and laborers so that he could build a martyr's chapel. See factoid page


event: Sometime between 515-18 Severus of Antioch and a group of clergy and scholastics ruled against Julian in a dispute regarding church property in Tarsus. Julian attempted to appeal to the magister militum Hypatius. The following factoids deal with related events: 3079-26, 3064-3. The following factoids deal with related events: 3079-26, 3064-3. See factoid page


event: Isidore sent a letter to Theodosius on the subject of Eusebius oppressing his congregation in order to build a lavish church building. See factoid page


event: In his letter, Peter reported to Severus that Leontius had shaken the stability of the Church in Apamea. See factoid page


event: John of Ephesus was involved in bringing about the conversion from paganism to Christianity of eighty thousand people in the provinces of Asia, Caria, Phrygia, and Lydia. This involved the founding of ninety-eight churches and twelve monasteries and the conversion of twelve synagogues to churches. See factoid page


event: For seven years, Simeon travelled to different Christian communities in order to confirm their belief in the Christian faith. See factoid page


How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Churches,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/taxonomy/churches.html, 2025-07-01.