Papa bar Aggai

When did Papa bar Aggai die?

Papa bar Aggai is dated d. c. AD 327 in the archive, which places Papa bar Aggai in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Papa bar Aggai?

Papa bar Aggai is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Synodicon Orientale. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Papa bar Aggai from?

The archive associates Papa bar Aggai with Seleucia-Ctesiphon.

Who were Papa bar Aggai’s contemporaries?

The archive links Papa bar Aggai to 5 other figures, including Simeon bar Sabbae, Miles of Susa, Isaac of Seleucia and John the Persian. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

[First attested in the synodal tradition of his own church, compiled long after his day; the 'letters of the Western Fathers' on his case are of contested authenticity. The tradition relates that when the bishops assembled to depose him for claiming primacy for Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Papa struck the Gospel-book, crying 'Speak, Gospel, speak!' — and was smitten with paralysis in the midst of the synod. The primacy he claimed was ratified for his successors at the synod of Isaac in 410.]