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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

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James E. Walters et al., “Abgar the Hagiographer — ܐܒܓܪ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/315.

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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.

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Entry Title: Abgar the Hagiographer — ܐܒܓܪ

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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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  • Matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
  • Editing, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
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