Assyrian bishop and author of an important monastic history in Syriac

The book of governors : the Historia monastica of Thomas, bishop of Marga, A. D. 840, edited from Syriac manuscripts in the British museum and other libraries / by E.A. Wallis Budge.

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Thomas of Marga

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The book of governors : the Historia monastica of Thomas, bishop of Marga, A. D. 840, edited from Syriac manuscripts in the British museum and other libraries / by E.A. Wallis Budge.