Assemani is a surname. "Assemani" is an
Arabic
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patronymic which means son of
Simeon
Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.
Meaning
The name is derived from Simeon, so ...
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Giuseppe Simone Assemani
Giuseppe Simone Assemani (Classical Syriac : ܝܵܘܣܸܦ ܒܲܪ ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ , ( ar, يوسف بن سمعان السمعاني ''Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani'', en, Joseph Simon Assemani, la, Ioseph Simonius Assemanus; July 27, 1687–January 13 ...
(1687–1768),
Lebanese Maronite
The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...
Orientalist
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Stefano Evodio Assemani Stefano Evodio Assemani (15 April 171124 November 1782), Ottoman-born oriental studies, orientalist, nephew of Giuseppe Simone Assemani and cousin of Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, was the chief assistant of his uncle Giuseppe Simone in his work in the Va ...
(1709–1782), nephew of Giuseppe Simone
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Giuseppe Luigi Assemani
Giuseppe Luigi Assemani (1710 on Mount Lebanon Tripoli, Lebanon, TripoliFebruary 9, 1782 in Rome) was a Lebanon, Lebanese Catholic priest, an oriental studies, orientalist and a Professor of Oriental languages in Rome.
Assemani came from a well kn ...
(1710–1782), nephew of Giuseppe Simone and cousin of Stefano Evodio
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Simone Assemani Simone Assemani (February 19, 1752 – April 7, 1821), grand-nephew of Giuseppe Simone Assemani, was born in Rome.
He was professor of Oriental languages in Padua. He is best known by his masterly detection of the literary imposture of Giusep ...
(1752–1820), grandnephew of Giuseppe Simone
See also
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Codex Assemanius
(scholarly abbreviation ''Ass'') is a rounded Glagolitic Old Church Slavonic canon evangeliary consisting of 158 illuminated parchment folios, dated to early 11th century. The manuscript is created in the Ohrid Literary School of the First Bulgari ...
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Chamoun
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Lebanese families
Arabic-language surnames