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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

"Teacher of biblical interpretation, author, Catholicos (540-52)."1 In hagiography: Catholicos Abā I was a widely venerated saint in the Church of the East. He was a reformer, theologian, confessor, Zoroastrian Convert, and student of the School of Nisibis. He wrote against the practices of the Zoroastrians.
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    Works Cited

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    • 1 L. Van Rompay, Aba I, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), entry: 1p: 1. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha and ܕܨܘܿܒܵܐܥܲܒܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ, ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ, ܐܲܨܲܚܬܵܐ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ̣ܵܐ2nd ed. (Mosul: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐMṭabbaʿtā ātoraytā d-ʿēdtā ʿattiqtā d-madnḥā, 1924), p: 70. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 3 Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanavol: IIIp: 75, vol: IIIp: 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