Aggai
bishop
3rd Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 66–c. 81
Offices
- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 3 · c. 66 – c. 81
Aggai was a 1st-century primate of the Church of the East, and a disciple of Mar Addai, who is believed to have sat from 66 to 81. It was said that Aggai was one of the seventy apostles, and was assigned the East as far as the border of India as his mission field. Mar Addai, the traditional apostle of Mesopotamia, appointed him his successor shortly before his death. Like Addai before him, Aggai preached in various regions of the East.
Related people
- Addai of Edessa disciple of · traditional
- Addai of Edessa succeeded · inferred
- Saint Mari teacher of · traditional
- Saint Mari preceded · inferred
Events
Places
- Edessa 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