Abgar the Hagiographer — ܐܒܓܪ
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Abgar the hagiographer; Abgar the hagiographer; ܐܒܓܪ; Abgar the Hagiographer
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/315
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_315
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).
floruit: 0350/0450, early 5th cent.
state: Ch. of E.
L. Van Rompay Abgar the hagiographer The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 10 5