BARŞAWMĀ. - Eutychian archimandrite, born near Samosata, died in 458.
Having become a fanatical follower of Eutyches, Theodosius II charged him with representing all the archimandrites at the robber council of Ephesus (449), and instructed Dioscorus of Alexandria and Juvenal of Jerusalem to admit him to it (Mansi, VI, 549). B. took part in it (ibid., 727) and threw the entire assembly into confusion by causing armed soldiers, crowds of people, and a thousand monks to burst into the council in order to force the condemnation of Flavian of Constantinople, who, having been maltreated, died three days later. The Council of Chalcedon (451) gave him and his followers a peremptory period of 30 days to subscribe to the condemnation of Eutyches. Condemned, he died in exile in 458. His life, written in Syriac by his disciple Samuel, remains unpublished. The Monophysites regard B. as a saint and celebrate his feast on 1 or 3 February.