# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barsauma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:15:05.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barsauma"
name: "Barsauma"
slug: "barsauma"
description: "St. Barsauma was a Syriac-speaking monk and holy man, a leading opponent of the Council of Chalcedon of 451. He is the subject of a biography in Syriac composed about a century after his death. He is regarded as a saint by the Oriental Orthodox. He is the subject of the Life of Barsauma, which was recently translated. Jacob of Serugh also composed a homily about Barsauma."
tagline: "Syriac-speaking monk and holy man (died 456)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "384"
deathDate: "456"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.8099
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma_(died_456)"
    title: "Barsauma (died 456)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%DB%B4%DB%B5%DB%B6)"
    title: "بارساوما (مرگ ۴۵۶)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma_le_Syrien"
    title: "Barsauma le Syrien"
    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%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82)"
    title: "Бар Саума (архимандрит)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsauma"
    title: "Barsauma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95277890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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