Hanina of Sepphoris

R. Hanina [Hananiah] of Sepphoris (or R. Hanina [Hananiah] of Tzipori; Hebrew: רבי חנניה דציפורין‎‎, read as Rabbi Hananiah DeTziporin; Sometimes cited merely as R. Hanina [Hananiah]; Alternative Hebrew spelling: רבי חנינא דציפורי; other: Hanina (Hananiah) II ) was a Jewish Amora sage of the Land of Israel (in Byzantine Galilee at the time), of the fifth generation of the Amora era. He was a disciple of Rabbi Mani II, then head and leader of the Jewish community and the Yeshiva of Sepphoris, but eventually retired in favor of his mentor.