biography
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Abu al-Faraj
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also known as Bar-Hebraeus
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pronunciation:
[aboo alfaraj]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1226–86)
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| biography:
| Syrian historian, born in Armenia. A master of Syriac, Arabic, and Greek, he was equally learned in philosophy, theology, and medicine. At the age of 20, he was made a bishop, and as Bishop of Aleppo rose to the second highest dignity among the Eastern Jacobite (Monophysite) Christians. |
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