Tatian

Tatian

Tatian of Adiabene, or Tatian the Syrian or Tatian the Assyrian, (; Latin: Tatianus; Ancient Greek: Τατιανός; Classical Syriac: ܛܛܝܢܘܣ; c. 120 – c. 180 AD) was an Assyrian Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century. Tatian's most influential work is the Diatessaron, a Biblical paraphrase, or "harmony", of the four gospels that became the standard text of the four gospels in the Syriac-speaking churches until the 5th-century, after which it gave way to the four separate gospels in the Peshitta version. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tatian is the 698th most popular writer (up from 803rd in 2019). (up from 339th in 2019)

Tatian was most famous for the Diatessaron, which is a gospel harmony he wrote.