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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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