Isaac of Antioch: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Isaac the Great
Died	c.460

Philoxenus of Mabbug

Syrian bishop

Jacob of Edessa

Syrian theologian

Anthony Of Tagrit

Syrian theologian and writer

Sergius of Resaina

Syrian theologian

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Syrian author

Theodoret Of Cyrrhus

Syrian theologian

Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah

Syrian bishop

Theodore Of Mopsuestia

Syrian theologian

Severian Of Gabala

theologian

Saint Ephraem Syrus

Christian theologian

Sophronius

patriarch of Jerusalem

Isaac of Nineveh

Syrian bishop

Rabbula

bishop of Edessa

Abhdisho bar Berikha

Syrian theologian

Aphraates

Syrian ascetic

Theodore Bar Konai

Syrian biblical scholar

Ibn Kathīr

Muslim scholar

Bar Hebraeus

Syrian philosopher

John of Ephesus

Turkish bishop

Dionysius Telmaharensis

Syrian patriarch