Английская Википедия:Basil bar Shumna

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Basil bar ShumnaШаблон:Efn (died 1169/1171) was the Syriac Orthodox metropolitan archbishop of Edessa from 1143 until his death. He wrote a Syriac chronicle covering the years from 1118 until his death, which is now lost but was used as a source by Michael the Great and the anonymous author of the Chronicle of 1234.

Life

Basil was born probably early in the twelfth century,Шаблон:Sfn although he is described as an elderly man when he took over the diocese of Edessa.Шаблон:Sfn His brother Michael bar Shumna headed the administration of the city of Edessa under Count Joscelin II.Шаблон:Efn In the early 1120s, Basil joined the retinue of the Byzantine emperor John II. He was an eyewitness to the defeat of the Pechenegs at the battle of Beroia in 1122.Шаблон:Sfn By 1129, Basil was an ordained priest and bishop of Qaysūn (Kʿesun).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Patriarch John XI was living in Qaysūn at that time and considering making it his permanent residence.Шаблон:Sfn Growing disillusioned with ecclesiastical politics, Basil withdrew from Qaysūn to a monastery.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1143,Шаблон:Sfn Joscelin transferred Basil to Edessa from the diocese of Qaysūn.Шаблон:Sfn He was accused of having obtained the vacant see illegitimately, since Joscelin II was a Catholic who had no authority to transfer Syriac bishops and who had acted without the knowledge of Patriarch Athanasius VII.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Basil denied the accusation in a letter to the patriarch.Шаблон:Sfn Joscelin and the patriarch were later reconciled.Шаблон:Sfn

At the start of the Siege of Edessa in November 1144, Basil joined with his Catholic and Armenian counterparts, Bishops Hugh and John, to organize the defence of the city.Шаблон:Efn He persuaded Hugh to seek a truce, but the offer did not reach the besieging Turkish commander, Zengi.Шаблон:Sfn During the two days of looting and massacre that followed the breaching of the walls on 24 December, Basil had himself led about on a rope, naked and with his beard shaven. Zengi encountered him when he entered the city after the two days.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In Zengi's tent, Basil impressed the commander with his humility, courage and fluency in Arabic. Zengi had him dressed and the two of them discussed the rebuilding of the city. According to Michael the Great, "as long as Zengi ruled in Edessa [...] this venerable bishop was very influential."Шаблон:Sfn Basil was responsible for repopulating the city.Шаблон:Sfn

After the death of Zengi in 1146, Joscelin forced Basil to assist him in his effort to retake the city.Шаблон:Sfn When this failed and the city fell to Nur al-Din, Basil fled to Samosata.Шаблон:Sfn Having been accused of treason by the Edessenes for his close collaboration with Zengi, he was imprisoned in Hromgla by Joscelin.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He remained in prison for three years.Шаблон:Sfn It was during this period that he began writing his history of the city.Шаблон:Sfn When Joscelin was captured by the Turks in 1150, it was Basil who had heard his last confession. He died in captivity nine years later.Шаблон:Sfn

Basil died in 1169Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn or 1171.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Writings

Basil was a well-placed eyewitness to many of the events about which he wrote. The purpose of his work was theodical as well as historical. He sought to provide an explanation for the disasters that had befallen Edessa in his lifetime consistent with God's plan.Шаблон:Sfn He identified Edessa with the biblical Ur of the Chaldees, reading its Syriac name, Urhay, as a combination of words meaning city (ur) and Chaldees (hay).Шаблон:Sfn

Michael the Great uses Basil for the years 1118 to 1143.Шаблон:Sfn The anonymous author of the Chronicle of 1234 frequently cites Basil for the period after 1144. Most of his material on Edessa originates with Basil.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He is clear that he is abridging Basil's longer account. He is also clear that he disagrees with Basil's sharp condemnation of his own flock.Шаблон:Sfn

Aphram Barsoum hypothesized that Basil wrote a separate work on the Byzantine victory over the Pechenegs in 1122. This is based on extracts found in Michael the Great. Although it would seem out of place, it is possible that the information was found in Basil's Edessene chronicle.Шаблон:Sfn Basil calls the Pechenegs Cumans.Шаблон:Sfn The existence of the treatise About the Cumans remains hypothetical.Шаблон:Sfn

Three dodecasyllabic poems on the fall of Edessa in 1144 have been attributed to Basil.Шаблон:Sfn

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