Addai of Edessa

Christian saint and one of the seventy disciples of Jesus

b. 1st century · d. c. 50

2nd Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 37–c. 65

Offices

Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 2 · c. 37 – c. 65

According to Eastern Christian tradition, Addai of Edessa or Thaddeus of Edessa was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus.

Related people

Thomas the Apostle succeeded · inferred
Saint Mari teacher of · traditional
Aggai teacher of · traditional
Aggai preceded · inferred

Works

Doctrine of Addai

Events

Thaddeus at Edessa 35

Commemorated

Addai of Edessa

Places

Edessa birth
Beirut death
Mardistan death

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Maris, Amri et Slibae De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (the Book of the Tower) 1 claim — Maris, De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (ed. Gismondi)
Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — Thaddeus at Edessa

Also recorded as

Q13050680 traditionally identified with
Jude the Apostle possibly same