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

Isaac of Antioch

ISACCO DI ANTIOCHIA

By Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina

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Also known as: Isaac the Great; Italian: Isacco il Grande

ISAAC OF ANTIOCH. - Also called the Great, who according to some would be identical with Isaac of Amida.

It is known from Gennadius that he was a very prolific writer (De vir. ill., 66); but it is not always easy to distribute the writings that in the manuscripts are attributed to "Mar Isaac the doctor." The latter is said to have visited Rome in the time of Arcadius (395-408), to have witnessed the earthquake of Antioch (459), and to have died on 7 August 461. To him belong poems on the secular games (404), on the conquest of Rome by Alaric (410), and others.

Editions: G. Bickell, S. Isaaci Antioch. opera omnia, 2 vols., Giessen 1873-77; P. Bedjan, Homiliae S. I. A., I, Leipzig 1903.

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BIBL.: A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, Bonn 1922, pp. 63-66; J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Paris 1934, p. 33 ff.

Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 232.

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Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Isacco di Antiochia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 232. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/isacco-di-antiochia.

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Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Isacco di Antiochia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 232. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/isacco-di-antiochia.

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  author    = {Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio},
  title     = {Isacco di Antiochia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {232},
  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/isacco-di-antiochia}
}

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