Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian)
- Active
- second half of the 7th century (securely c. 676)
- Bishop of
- Nineveh and monk of the Church of the East
- Wrote in
- Syriac
Contemporary timeline
His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 630 to 760.
People
Events
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- Estimated birth
- Unknown birth
- Active between two years
- Event
- Received as ecumenical by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Who he was
A monk born in Beth Qatraye (eastern Arabia), consecrated bishop of Nineveh around 676 by the catholicos of the Church of the East, a post he left after a few months for solitary life. His writings on prayer and God's mercy, translated into Greek in the ninth century, are widely read in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox traditions as well as his own.
- Region
- Eastern Arabia / Mesopotamia
- Language
- Syriac
- Role
- Bishop of Nineveh and monk of the Church of the East
- Active
- second half of the 7th century (securely c. 676)
His writings
2 writings, c. 680–700
c. 680–700
c. 680–700