Exile Case

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Person/Group Barsauma ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date 451 - ? (from: --/--/451 to: --/--/--)
Sources S. Gerö, Barsauma of Nisibis and Persian Christianity in the Fifth Century (CSCO 426 Subs. 63), Louvain 1981, 60–72

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office Edessa [Şanlıurfa]
Location exiled from Edessa [Şanlıurfa]
Location exiled to Nisibis [Nusaybin]
Location(s) arrived at Nisibis [Nusaybin]
Date of arrival 451 (from: --/--/451 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location unknown
Type of location city,region
Reason for leaving n/a
Location(s) exile returned to
Location of office after return
Notes He went to Sassanid Persia, presumably to Nisibis

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine He introduced a more Nestorian theology to the Persian church
Died in exile? n/a
Reason for death
Writings in Exile unknown

Legal details

Threat only no
Refuge from judicial proceedings no
Consequence of asylum no
Offenses exiled for/accused of Nestorianism
Legal type of exile unknown
Additional punishments
Intended duration permanent
Actual duration unknown
Returned? no
Reason for return
Deposed by synod? no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod? n/a
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile unknown
Religious status during exile ??
Religious status after return n/a
Clerical or ascetic office before exile unknown
Clerical or ascetic office during exile bishop
Clerical or ascetic office after return n/a
Enforced rank change? no
Notes on clerical and ascetic office He became bishop of Nisibis at some point after he was exiled
Religious affiliation before exile Nestorian
Religious affiliation during exile Nestorian
Religious affiliation after return
Died in exile? n/a
Reason for death

Cult

Venerated as a saint? No
Date (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

  • No exile relationships
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