Isaac of Antioch

Isaac of Antioch, also known as Isaac of Amid or Isaac the Syrian, is one of the stars of Syriac literature, and the reputed author of a large number of metrical homilies, many of which are distinguished by an originality and acumen rare among Syriac writers. The mid-6th century Chronicle of Edessa gives his date of death as 451–452; and the Chronicle of Michael the Syrian makes him contemporary with Nonus, who became the 31st bishop of Edessa in 449.