Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Barsauma (Syriac: ܒܪܨܘܡܐ, Barṣaumâ) was Metropolitan of Nisibis in the 5th century, and a major figure in the history of the Church of the East. A capable politician, he was on good terms with Peroz I, King of the Sassanid Empire of Persia, and wielded great influence in the Church of the East. As such he was frequently in conflict with the Catholicos, or Patriarch, of the Church, first Babowai and then Acacius.. }
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- Barsauma comment "Barsauma (Syriac: ܒܪܨܘܡܐ, Barṣaumâ) was Metropolitan of Nisibis in the 5th century, and a major figure in the history of the Church of the East. A capable politician, he was on good terms with Peroz I, King of the Sassanid Empire of Persia, and wielded great influence in the Church of the East. As such he was frequently in conflict with the Catholicos, or Patriarch, of the Church, first Babowai and then Acacius.".