Peter the Iberian

Saint

Peter the Iberian
Saint; Peter the Iberian
	Fresco of Peter the Iberian at the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem
Bishop of Maiuma
Born	c. 417; Kingdom of Iberia
Died	2 December, 491; Yavne-Yam, Palaestina Prima
Venerated in	Eastern Christianity
Feast	2 December (Georgian Church); 27 November & 1 December (Syriac Christianity); 1 Kiahk (Oriental Orthodoxy)
Controversy	Christology
Influences	Zeno the Prophet, John the Laz
Influenced	Severus of Antioch, John Rufus
Tradition or genre	Desert Fathers

Peter the Iberian (Georgian: პეტრე იბერი, romanized: p'et're iberi) (c. 417-491) was a Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism. Some have claimed that he is the author known conventionally as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.^[3]

His accomplishments include founding the first Georgian monastery in Bethlehem and becoming the bishop of Maiuma near Gaza. The oldest Georgian Bir el Qutt inscriptions mention Peter with his father.

^ ^a ^b Bishop Anania Saint Petre Iberi 2015, Tbilisi
^ Peter the Iberian The Syriac Biographical Dictionary
^ Sh. Nutsubidze. "Mystery of Pseudo-Dionys Areopagit (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1942; E. Honigmann, Pierre l'Iberian et les ecrits du Pseudo-Denys l'Areopagita. Bruxelles, 1952.

[anania-1] Bishop Anania Saint Petre Iberi 2015, Tbilisi

[2] Peter the Iberian The Syriac Biographical Dictionary

[3] Sh. Nutsubidze. "Mystery of Pseudo-Dionys Areopagit (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1942; E. Honigmann, Pierre l'Iberian et les ecrits du Pseudo-Denys l'Areopagita. Bruxelles, 1952.

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