| LC control no. | no2020085889 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | ʼAbā I, Catholicos of the Church of the East, -552 |
| Variant(s) | Mar Aba, -552 Mar Aba the Great, -552 |
| Biography/History note | ʼAbā I, Catholicos of the Church of the East (died 552) was a religious leader, author, and teacher of biblical interpretation. Born to Zoroastrian parents, he converted to Christianity and studied at the School of Nisibis. He traveled to Palestine, Constantinople, and Egypt, and while visiting Edessa, he learned Greek. He founded the School of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. After being elected to the position of Catholicos in 540, he enacted many reforms, but was imprisoned and exiled by the Persian authorities. |
| Associated country | Turkey Iraq |
| Located | Nusaybin (Mardin İli, Turkey) Edessa (Turkey) Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Death date | 0552 |
| Field of activity | Liturgy Bible--Commentaries |
| Affiliation | Church of the East |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Religious leaders |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Found in | ACE 00072 (online via vHMML), viewed on July 10, 2020 (Māri ʼAbā Qatúlíqā; attribution as author of canons in the Psalter, manuscript text in Syriac) <https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/512280> Gorgias encyclopedic dictionary of the Syriac heritage (online via e-GEDSH), viewed on July 10, 2020: Aba I (d. 552) [Ch. of E.] (teacher of biblical interpretation, author, and catholicos (540-552); born Zoroastrian, converted to Christianity, and studied at the School of Nisibis; traveled to Palestine, Constantinople, Egypt, and visited Edessa where he was taught Greek; taught at and founded the School of Seleucia-Ctesiphon; known for reform, and his imprisonment and exile by the Persian authorities) <https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Aba-I> VIAF (online), viewed on July 10, 2020 (Aba I, Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552, -552; variants = Mar Aba; Mar Abba the Great) <https://viaf.org/viaf/317179877> |
| Associated language | syr |
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