Marcian (4th/5th cent.)
Monastic author (or authors) of uncertain identity (he is unlikely to be the Marcian of Theodoret, Historia Philothea [History of the Monks] 3, as Lebon argued). Seven short ascetic texts are transmitted under his name in Syriac, for two of which a Greek original is also known.
Sources
- CPG 3885–3900.
- J. Lebon (ed. A. Van Roey), Le moine saint Marcien. Étude critique des sources, édition de ses écrits (1968).
- A. Van Roey, ‘Marcien’, in DSpir , vol. 10 (1980), 310–1.
How to Cite This Entry
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Sebastian P. Brock , “Marcian,” in Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz and Lucas Van Rompay (Gorgias Press, 2011; online ed. Beth Mardutho, 2018), https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Marcian-the-Monk.
Bibliography Entry Citation:
Brock, Sebastian P. “Marcian.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Edited by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz and Lucas Van Rompay. Digital edition prepared by David Michelson, Ute Possekel, and Daniel L. Schwartz. Gorgias Press, 2011; online ed. Beth Mardutho, 2018. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Marcian-the-Monk.
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