Assemani, Elia
Assemani, Elia
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Assemani, Elia (fl. ca. 1700) [Maron.]
阿塞马尼，埃利亚 (Assemani, Elia) (活跃 (fl.) 于约 (ca.) 1700 年) [马龙派 (Maron.)]
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Archbishop of Antioch; scholar.
安提阿 (Antioch) 大主教；学者。
Educated at the Maronite College in Rome, he was appointed archbishop of Antioch by the Patr. al-Duwayhī who then sent him to France on a diplomatic mission. Subsequently in 1707 Pope Clement XI sent him to Egypt to collect mss. for the Vatican Library (he came back with 70). It was on his return journey that his boat on the Nile capsized and the manuscripts had to be rescued from the water.
他在罗马 (Rome) 的马龙尼学院 (Maronite College) 接受教育，被宗主教 (Patr.) 杜韦希 (al-Duwayhī) 任命为安提阿 (Antioch) 总主教，随后被派往法国 (France) 执行外交使命。此后在 1707 年，教皇 克莱门特十一世 (Pope Clement XI) 派遣他前往埃及 (Egypt) 为梵蒂冈图书馆 (Vatican Library) 收集手稿 (mss.)（他带回了 70 份）。正是在返回途中，他在尼罗河 (Nile) 上的船只倾覆，手稿不得不从水中抢救出来。
References
K. Rizk, ‘Assémani, Élie’, in Encyclopédie Maronite, vol. 1 (1992), 437.
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Assemani, Elia.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Assemani-Elia.