# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elias-of-nisibis
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:44:32.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elias-of-nisibis"
name: "Elias of Nisibis"
slug: "elias-of-nisibis"
description: "Elijah, Eliya, or Elias of Nisibis was a cleric of the Church of the East, who served as bishop of Beth Nuhadra (1002–1008) and archbishop of Nisibis (1008–1046). He has been called the most important Christian writer in Arabic—or even throughout non-Christian Asia—during the 11th century. He is best known for his Chronography, which is an important source for the history of Sassanid Persia."
tagline: "East Syriac archbishop, writer and scholar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Book_of_the_Interpreter_WDL7083.pdf?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "0975-02-02"
deathDate: "1046-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.31
  momentum:             0.1324503311258278
  historical:           8.077682666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%86%D8%B5%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "ایلیا نصیبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إيليا النصيبين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli%C3%A1%C5%A1_z_Nisibisu"
    title: "Eliáš z Nisibisu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_von_Nisibis"
    title: "Elias von Nisibis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_of_Nisibis"
    title: "Elijah of Nisibis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lie_de_Nisibe"
    title: "Élie de Nisibe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elia_dari_Nisibis"
    title: "Elia dari Nisibis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elia_di_Nisibi"
    title: "Elia di Nisibi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Илия Нисибисский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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