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Benedict XV
Principi Apostolorum Petro: On St. Ephrem the Syrian. Encyclical promulgated in 1920, names St. Ephrem a Doctor of the Universal Church.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/B15PRAPP.HTM
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Biography.com
Very brief profile of St. Ephraem Syrus.
http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=8485
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Long article on the life and works of St. Ephraem, hermit, deacon, poet.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05498a.htm
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Catholic Online
Biography of St. Ephrem the Syrian, intertwined with quotes from some of his hymns.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3
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For All the Saints
Biographical portrait of St. Ephrem of Edessa, deacon and Doctor of the Church.
http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0609.htm#ephr
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James Kiefer's Christian Biographies
St. Ephrem of Edessa, deacon and hymn-writer. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/06/10.html
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John Gwynn
"Introductory Dissertation" on St. Ephrem the Syrian and Aphrahat the Persian Sage, from the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, volume 13.
http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-13/Npnf2-13-12.htm
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Patron Saints Index
Illustrated, with links.
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte02.htm
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Saint Benedict Center, Richmond, New Hampshire
Lengthy biography of St. Ephrem, "by a Jesuit priest."
http://www.catholicism.org/pages/ephrem.htm
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Syrian Orthodox Resources
Illustrated biography of Mor Ephrem the Syrian.
http://sor.cua.edu/Biogr/MEphrem/
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The Ecole Glossary
Short biography of St. Ephrem, by Karen Rae Keck.
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/ephrem.html
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Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
The story of St. Ephrem, suited to children.
http://www.tntt.org/vni/tlieu/saints/St0609.htm
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