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Bardaisan
Also known as Bardesanes
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- born. 154-07-11high · Wikidata P569
- died. 222high · Wikidata P570
Edessene philosopher-poet (154-222) whose circle produced the Book of the Laws of Countries; later Syriac writers branded him a heretic.
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Bardaisan, known in Arabic as ibn Dayṣān and in Latin as Bardesanes, was a Syriac-speaking Christian writer and teacher with a Gnostic background, and founder of the Bardaisanites.
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- The Book of the Laws of Various Countries · Bardesanes (154-222)Accessed 2026-11-12 · Public-domain translation; New Advent site edition copyright Kevin Knight. Link, do not mirror.
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- Trismegistos author 4113
- Catholic Encyclopedia 02293a
syriac · philosophy · 2nd-century