Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Church Fathers Fathers and ecclesiastical writers up to the end of the 8th century, anonymous works

John of Maiuma

GIOVANNI DI MAIUMA

By Erik Peterson

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JOHN OF MAIUMA. - He wrote around 515 the Plerophoriai, a collection of anecdotes, prophecies and visions of the Monophysites in their struggle against the Council of Chalcedon. The work survives only in Coptic fragments and entirely in a Syriac translation by John Rufus.

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BIBL.: Edition: PO 8. 404-608. Cf. F. Nau, Rev. d'Orient chrét., 3 (1868), pp. 232-59, 337-92; Ch. Clermont-Ganneau, La Palestine au commencement du VIe siècle et les Pérophores de Jean Rufus Colque de M., Recueil d'Archéol. or., III, Angers, pp. 223-242; A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, Bonn 1922, p. 184; see also: Ed. Schwartz, Johannus Rufus, ein monophysitischer Schriftsteller (Sitzungsberichte d. Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften), 16, Heidelberg 1912.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 569.

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Peterson, Erik. “Giovanni di Maiuma.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 569. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-maiuma.

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Peterson, Erik. “Giovanni di Maiuma.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 569. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-maiuma.

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  author    = {Peterson, Erik},
  title     = {Giovanni di Maiuma},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {569},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-maiuma}
}

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