Rabbula of Edessa - ܪܒܘܠܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ

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Bp. of Edessa (411/2–435/6).1

Names

  • ܪܒܘܠܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ
  • Rabbula of Edessa
  • ܪܒܘܠܐ6
  • ܪܒܘܠܐ ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ4
  • ܪܰܒܘܠܐ ܡܺܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܳܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܳܝ4
  • رابولا مطران الرها3
  • Rabboula6
  • Rabbula5
  • RABBŪLA7
  • Rabbula ep. Edessae20
  • Rabbula of Edessa
  • Rabūlā
  • Rabūlā6
  • Bischof Rabbûlā von Edessa19
  • Rabbula of Edessa1
  • Rabula, metropolitan of Edessa2

Birth

Qenneshrin

Death

435/6

Sex

male7

Events

The saint is venerated on 7 August (7 Ab) by Syr. 7 The saint is venerated on 8 August (8 Ab) by Syr. 7

Notes

Bp. of Edessa (411/2–435/6).1
In hagiography: Rabbula of Edessa was commemorated as the Bishop of Edessa. He was the son of a rich pagan. As a bishop, he lived an ascetic life, helped the poor, and fought heretics.
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Works Cited

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  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم,كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 208.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 234.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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Entry Title: Rabbula of Edessa — ܪܒܘܠܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ

Additional Credit:

  • Data from Macuch, Abuna, De Urbina, Duval, Assemani (vols. 1-2), Chabot, Wright, and Brock collected, verified, reconciled, and entered by Kristian Heal
  • German data entry by Samer Khader
  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Editing, document design, data architecture, encoding, proofreading, data entry by David A. Michelson
  • Proofreading of GEDSH abstracts, addition of confessions and alternate names from GEDSH, matching with viaf.org records, data entry, data transformation, data merging, conversion to XML by Nathan P. Gibson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English name entry, matching with viaf.org records by James E. Walters
  • Editing, Syriac name entry, disambiguation research, conversion to XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Syriac name entry by Robert Aydin
  • Normalization of GEDSH dates and entry matching with viaf.org records by Alex Vawter
  • Editorial oversight for GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry, and proofreading by Christopher Johnson
  • GEDSH and Barsoum English text entry and proofreading by the Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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