Philoxenus of Mabbug
Assyrian writer and theologian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Philoxenus of Mabbug , also known as Xenaias and Philoxenus of Hierapolis, was one of the most notable Syriac prose writers during the Byzantine period and a vehement champion of Miaphysitism. Early life He was born, probably in the third quarter of the 5th century, at Tahal, a village in the district of Beth Garmaï east of the Tigris. He was by birth a subject of Persia, but all his active life of which we have any record was passed in the territory of the Byzantine Empire. His parents were from the Median city of Ecbatana. The statements that he had been a slave and was never baptized appear to be malicious inventions of his theological opponents following his death. He was educated at Edessa, perhaps in the famous "school of the Persians," which was afterwards expelled from Edessa on account of its connection with Nestorianism.
