Simeon Rabban Ata (13th century), high representative of Syriac Christianity
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Glossu Rabban, a character from Frank Herbert's Dune (1965)
Leto Atreides II the Elder, first son of Paul Atreides and Chani; (killed in his infancy by Glossu Rabban)
Later monasteries included that of Rabban Sapra, Mar Yaret, Mar Khudahwi, Za'faran (Saffron), Mar Yohannan the Arab, and Mar Ya'qob.