Abgar V Ukkama the Black - ܐܒܓܪ

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King of Edessa (4 BC–AD 7 and 13–50) and subject of hagiographical accounts regarding the conversion of the population of Edessa to Christianity.

Names

  • ܐܒܓܪ1
  • Abgar V Ukkama the Black
  • Abgar1
  • ABGAR V LE NOIR (ŪKĀMĀ)2
  • Abgar V Ukkama ('the Black')5
  • ʾAḇgar1

Floruit

13-50

Sex

male2

Event

The saint is venerated on March 1, 11, 13 and 14 of May, August 1 by West Syrians. 2

Notes

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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 1754, 1438.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 13.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Alfred Baudrillart et al., Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1912)., vol: I, col: col. 113-14.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961)., vol: I, p: 75-76.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 T. S. Wardle, "Abgarids of Edessa." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 5.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Aaron Michael Butts, "Ethiopic Christianity, Syriac Contacts with." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 150-151.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Abgar V Ukkama the Black — ܐܒܓܪ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/2823.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Abgar V Ukkama the Black — ܐܒܓܪ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/2823.

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Entry Title: Abgar V Ukkama the Black — ܐܒܓܪ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding and disambiguation by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne
  • Additional disambiguation and data entry Nathan P. Gibson

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