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

Sex

male2

Floruit

13-502

Descriptions

In hagiography: According to the legend of the Teaching of Addai, King Abgar V "the Black" of Edessa converted to Christianity through the missionary work of the apostle Addai. This led to the conversion of the city of Edessa.

Event

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

Notes

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.
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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.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 13.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Alfred Baudrillart et al., Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1912)., : I, col. 113-14.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : I, 75-76.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat 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), pp: 5.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 A. M. Butts, "Ethiopic Christianity, Syriac contacts with." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), pp: 150-151.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application 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 Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. 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

Additional Credit:

  • 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 Jean Maurice Fiey
  • 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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