Simon Magos

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/15071

A person

Names

  • Latin: Simon magus 1
  • Syriac: ܣܝܡܘܢ ܚܪܫܐ = SYMWΝ ḤRShʾ 2

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg1 1211-1212c.122216th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Simon magus: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 5, 18. [Latin].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 98 [Syriac].
    • Simon le magicien: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 156, 157, 169, 176, 177; II, 28, 271; III, 208, 355 [French].
    • Simon Magus: Michael the Syrian, The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex): Books XV–XXI From the Year 1050 to 1195 AD, ed. Amir Harrak (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2019), 116, 208 n.608, 358 [Syriac with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Simon Magos” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/15071.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching and incorporated Harrak's pages
  • Margaret Gaida: gender assignment and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: matching, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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