Abgar the hagiographer - ܐܒܓܪ
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“The hagiographer, Abgar is named as the author of the martyrdom of
Hormizd and his
nine companions from Beth
Garmai, who died at the end of Yazdgard’s reign (r. 399-420).” 1
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- ܐܒܓܪ
- Abgar the Hagiographer
- Abgar the hagiographer1
- Abgar the hagiographer
Floruit
early 5th cent.1
Notes
“The hagiographer, Abgar is named as the author of the martyrdom of
Hormizd and his
nine companions from Beth
Garmai, who died at the end of Yazdgard’s reign (r. 399-420).” 1
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- 1 L. Van Rompay, "Abgar." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), entry: 10, pp: 5.
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James E. Walters et al., “Abgar the Hagiographer — ܐܒܓܪ .”, edited by David A. Michelson and Nathan P. Gibson. Vol. 2 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/315.About this Entry
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- Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
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- GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
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