# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yahya-ibn-sarafyun
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:55:38.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yahya-ibn-sarafyun"
name: "Yahya ibn Sarafyun"
slug: "yahya-ibn-sarafyun"
description: "Yahya ibn Sarafyun a Syriac physician from Damascus, known in Europe as Johannes Serapion, and commonly called Serapion the Elder to distinguish him from Serapion the Younger, with whom he was often confused."
tagline: "9th-century Syrian Christian physician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           40.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27192266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ибни Саробиëн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "يحيى بن سرافيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "يحيى بن سرافيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Σεραπίωνας ο Πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_ibn_Sarafyun"
    title: "Yahya ibn Sarafyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_ibn_Sarafyun"
    title: "Yahya ibn Sarafyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "یحیی بن سرافیون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuhanna_ibn_Sarabiyun"
    title: "Yuhanna ibn Sarabiyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_ibn_Sarafyun"
    title: "Yahya ibn Sarafyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Serapio"
    title: "Ioannes Serapio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serapion_Starszy"
    title: "Serapion Starszy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Serapi%C3%A3o"
    title: "João Serapião"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2601875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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