Gregorius bar Hebraeus, Candelabrum of the Sanctuary IV.III.1.2.1.3.xii
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ܩܣܪܝܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ

, and

the city of Caesarea

are directly attested at Gregorius bar Hebraeus, Candelabrum of the Sanctuary IV.III.1.2.1.3.xii. This passage was written ca. 1266 CE possibly in Mosul. Gregorius bar Hebraus was a polymath of the thirteenth century C.E. who wrote over fourty different works in genres ranging from Christian theology to historical chronicles and works of science and medicine. His writings are often viewed as a culmination of the "Syriac Renaissance" of the 12-13th centuries. In 1264, Bar Hebraeus was elected to the second highest ecclesiastica office of the Syrian Orthodox Church, "The Maphrianate", with a see in Nineveh (medieval Mosul). During his time in office, he wrote this work, The Candelabrum of the Sanctuary, either in Mosul or perhaps in Maragha or Tabriz where he engaged with the Muslim intellectual centers of the era. This particular passage is a description of the Apostle Peter's miraculous summoning to Caesarea in Acts 10 and is part of a longer structured list of miracles performed by Christ. A series of miraculous appearances ultimately lead Peter to Caesarea to convert the centurion Cornelius.

ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ ܕ܏ܝܒ . ܚܙܘܐ ܕܚ̣ܙܐ ܩܘܪܢܝܠܝܘܣ ܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ ܕܡܢ ܐܝܛܐܠܝܩܝ ܣܦܝܪܐ ܒܩܣܪܝܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ . ܠܡܠܐܟܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܓܠܝܐܝܬ ܒܬܫܥ̈ ܫܥܝܢ̈ ܒܐܝܡܡܐ ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܫܕܪ ܠܝܘܦܝ ܘܐܝܬܐ ܠܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ . ܕܫܪܐ ܒܒܝܬܗ ܕܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܘܪܣܝܐ ܥܠ ܝܕ ܝܡܐ.

Miracle 12: The vision in which Cornelius the Centurion of the Italian cohort in the city of Caesarea clearly saw an angel of God at the ninth hour in the daytime. And the Angel said "Send to Joppa and summon Simon Cephas who is staying in the house of Simon the Tanner on the edge of the sea." [trans. D. Michelson with reference to Joseph Khoury]

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[Acts 10]

[Italy

Joppa]

[Cornelius, early Christian at Caesarea

Peter the Apostle]

[Christian Bible

Christianity

Incarnation

Medieval History

Miracles

Roman History

Syrian Orthodox Church]