Aba I, catholicos - ܐܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
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“Teacher of biblical interpretation, author,
Catholicos (540-52).”1
Names
- ܐܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
- Aba I, catholicos
- ܐܒܐ5
- ܡܪܝ ܐܒܐ2, 3
- ܡܵܪܝ ܐܲܒܵܐ2
- ĀBĀ (ĀWĀ)6
- Abā I, Catholicos
- Aba, catholicos5
- Aba, Catholicos
- Mar Aba I4
- Mar Aba I, Katholikos12
- Aba I1
- ʾAḇā5
Floruit
540-552
Death
552
Sex
male6
Event
The saint is venerated on sixth friday of epiphany.
6
Notes
Status: uncorrected-draft
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See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 L. Van Rompay, "Aba I." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., entry: 1, p: 1.
- 2 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924)., p: 70.
- 3 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: III, p: 75., vol: III, p: 75.
- 4 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Mar Aba I.
- 5 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 690, 1491.
- 6 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 2.
- 7 Mar Jab-Alaha, Histoire de Mar Jab-Alaha, patriarche, et de Raban Sauma, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1895), p: 206-74.
- 8 Paul Peeters, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis, Subsidia Hagiographica 10 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1910), entry: 595.
- 9 Paul Peeters, "Observations sur la vie syriaque de Mar Aba, catholicos de l'Eglise perse (540-552)." in Paul Peeters (ed.), Recherches d'histoire et de philologie orientales vol. 1 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1951)., vol: I, p: 116-63.
- 10 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: I, p: 1-4.
- 11 Anton Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, mit Ausschluss der christlich-palästinensischen Texte (Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1922)., p: 119-120.
- 12 Ignatius Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca, Altera editio emendata et aucta (Romae: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1965)., section: 57.
- 13 J.-B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Bibliothèque catholique des sciences religieuses (Librairie Bloud & Gay, 1934), p: 53-54.
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