Abūnā, Albīr, 1928-2021
He was an East Syriac monk and priest, who produced more than 150 books (both original and translations). His private library was digitized by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
- HMML ID
- 540382045420
- PURL
- LC name
- Abūnā, Albīr
- HMML name
- Abūnā, Albīr, 1928-2021
- HMML native script
- أبونا، ألبير
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Abouna, Albert
- Albayr Abūnā
- Alber Abūnā, Father
- ابونا، البير
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1928
- Death date
- 2021
- Centuries
- 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Affiliations
- Affiliation
General notes
- Description
- Albert Abouna has passed away
- Citations
- George Kiraz to Hugoye mailing list, December 4, 2021, https://groups.io/g/hugoye-list.
- Description
- البير أبونا = Albīr Abūnā; born in Fīshkhābūr village near Zākhū in northern Iraq in 1928; studied religion for 10 years from 1941 in Mosul, where he learned French and theology; ordained as a priest in 1951, and became a priest for 5 villages in northern Iraq; from 1955 to 1973, he taught Syriac, Arabic, and French in Mosul; he moved to Baghdad, where he studied at the Jāmiʻat Baghdād al-Ārāmīyah; studied French at the University of Mosul; joined Carmelites in France, then returned to Baghdad and worked with the Carmelites there for 18 years, before turning to Chaldean monasticism
- Citations
- "al-Ab Albīr Abūnā, al-Rāhib al-Muʼarrikh," al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ, April 1, 2012, https://perma.cc/RP2U-4FBC.
Preferred citation
"Abūnā, Albīr, 1928-2021." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified December 08, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/person/540382045420
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-05-25
- Last edited
- 2021-12-08