# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barsauma-of-nisibis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:57:48.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barsauma-of-nisibis"
name: "Barsauma of Nisibis"
slug: "barsauma-of-nisibis"
description: "Bar Sawma, was Metropolitan of Nisibis in the 5th century, and a major figure in the history of the Church of the East. Under his leadership the church moved away from Roman loyalties and became increasingly aligned with the Nestorianism."
tagline: "Bishop of the Church of the East"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "450"
deathDate: "491"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.68
  momentum:             1.654501216545012
  historical:           11.817244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusaybinli_Barsauma"
    title: "Nusaybinli Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Sauma_(mitropolit)"
    title: "Bar Sauma (mitropolit)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma"
    title: "Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsaum%C3%A1_z_Nisibisu"
    title: "Barsaumá z Nisibisu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma_von_Nisibis"
    title: "Barsauma von Nisibis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%82"
    title: "Βαρσουμάς Νισίβεως"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma_of_Nisibis"
    title: "Barsauma of Nisibis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma_de_Nisibe"
    title: "Barsauma de Nisibe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barszauma"
    title: "Barszauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma"
    title: "Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma"
    title: "Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma"
    title: "Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma"
    title: "Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82)"
    title: "Бар Саума (митрополит)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790811"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump