Bar Ṣaumā

Japanese: バル･サウマー（英語表記）Bar Ṣaumā

A leader of the Nestorian Church from about 420 to about 490. His Greek name was Barsoumas. He worked hard to expand the Nestorian Church into Persian territory. He was a disciple of Edessa Bishop Ibas (reigned 435-457). He was expelled at the Robber Council of Ephesus (449) and fled to Persia. He became metropolitan of Nisibis (now Nusaybin, Turkey) and opened a Nestorian seminary. He was favored by the Persian king Peroz and had him suppress the Monophysites. The seminary in Nisibis also accepted teachers from the closed Edessa seminary, and later became a gateway for transmitting Greek learning to Arabs.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

420ころ‐490ころ
ネストリウス派教会の指導者。ギリシア名バルスマスBarsoumas。同派のペルシア領への拡大に尽力した。エデッサ主教イバスIbas(在位435‐457)の弟子。エフェソスの盗賊教会会議(449)で追放され，ペルシア領に亡命。ニシビス(現，トルコ領ヌサイビン)の府主教となり，ネストリウス派の神学校を開設した。ペルシア王ペーローズの厚遇を得て，単性論派の弾圧を行わせた。なお，ニシビスの神学校は，閉鎖されたエデッサ神学校の教師をも受けいれ，のちにギリシアの学問をアラブ人に伝える窓口となった。

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