HÉNANÁ of ADIABENE. - Notable Syriac theologian, d. in 610. Although already a student at the school of Nisibi, where Nestorian tendencies were favored, H., who became head of the school in 572, taught his 800 students a theology of a completely different sign. Indeed, he declared himself to be of pro-Alexandrian tendencies and thus, at that time, Monophysite; he adopted many, even erroneous, doctrines of Origen, accepted the title *Theotokos*, and rejected the works of Theodore of Mopsuestia, in which he recognized both Nestorian errors as well as those of Pelagius. Despite the reaction that H.’s innovations provoked in the ecclesiastical environment of Nisibi, he was able to continue his teaching thanks to the support of the Persian Emperor.
Among his works are to be noted the commemorations of Good Friday, those of the Fast of the Ninevites, and of the Miracle of St. Peter (Acts 3:1–10), edited by A. Scher (PO 7, 53–87).