Barsauma (Syriac: ܒܪܨܘܡܐ, Barṣaumâ) was a teacher at the School of Edessa in the 5th century, but had to flee to Persia because of his Nestorian views. See Syriac (disambiguation for other uses Syriac (syr ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language During the first Christian centuries the School of Nisibis was the spiritual center of the Assyrian Church of the East. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Nestorius Nestorius (c  386 &ndashc  451) was a pupil of Theodore of Mopsuestia in Antioch in Syria (modern The teaching of Nestorius had been condemned in Ephesus in 431. Nestorius (in Greek: Νεστόριος; c 386&ndash c 451 was Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 Ephesus ( Hittite Apasa; Ancient Greek; Turkish Efes) was a city of ancient Anatolia. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Aëtius pushes the Franks back across the Somme. Nestorius was a student of Theodore of Mopsuestia, who was held in very high esteem by the Assyrian Church, and so Nestorius was received well. Theodore the Interpreter (ca 350 - 428 was bishop of Mopsuestia, a city in what is now Turkey which has since declined into a village which is now known as Even the Persian kings, who were Zoroastrian and at constant war with the Byzantine Empire, favored him. Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings

He became bishop of Nisibis and later Catholicos of the Church of the East. Nusaybin ancient Nisibis, Nisibia Nisibin is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Turks, Aramean-Syriacs The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (ܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܫܠܝܚܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ ‘Ittā Qaddishtā wa-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi As such he headed the Synod of Beth Lapat in (484) where the teaching of Nestorius became the official doctrine, and the Assyrian Church broke with the Byzantine Church. In 484, at the Synod of Beth Lapat, the Assyrian Church of the East under the leadership of the Catholicos Bar Sauma declared the teaching of Nestorius Events By Place Europe December 28 — Alaric II succeeds Euric as king of the Visigoths. Nestorius (in Greek: Νεστόριος; c 386&ndash c 451 was Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 At this synod it was also decided that all monks and church dignitaries should marry, apparently to please the Zoroastrian rules, which held family life sacred.

The decisions of Beth Lapat didn't win the church much favor with the authorities, and weakened its spiritual life. Some of the decisions were already reverted at the episcopal gathering of 544. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Belisarius is sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who have