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Mafriano

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Also known as: Mafrian, Maphrian

MAFRIANO. - A high dignitary of the Jacobite Church. In Syriac, m. means "he who bears fruit," and the title was applied to the dignity created at the beginning of the 7th century when the Jacobites, driven out of Persia toward the end of the 5th century, returned there again. The m. had under his jurisdiction all the faithful residing in Persia. His importance sometimes surpassed that of the patriarch himself. Since 1859 the dignity of the m. is no longer effective.

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BIBL.: J. S. Assemani, Dissertatio de Monophysitis, in Bibliotheca Or., II, Rome 1721, p. 51 ff.; cf. also p. 414 ff.

Guglielmo de Vries

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1814.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Mafriano.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1814. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/mafriano.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Mafriano.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1814. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/mafriano.

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@incollection{ec7_mafriano,
  author    = {De, Vries Guglielmo},
  title     = {Mafriano},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1814},
  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/mafriano}
}

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