Addai the Apostle

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Christian missionary New Testament-era Christian early Christian figure legendary evangelist saint

Addai the Apostle is an early Christian missionary and legendary evangelist of Edessa, traditionally credited with bringing Christianity to Mesopotamia and associated with the origins of the Church of the East.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint Addai	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian missionary ⓘ New Testament-era Christian ⓘ early Christian figure ⓘ legendary evangelist ⓘ saint ⓘ
associatedLegend	Abgar legend ⓘ
associatedRite	East Syriac Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ King Abgar V of Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ origins of the Church of the East ⓘ
converted	inhabitants of Edessa ⓘ members of Abgar’s court ⓘ
creditedWith	bringing Christianity to Mesopotamia ⓘ evangelizing Edessa ⓘ founding the Church of Edessa ⓘ healing King Abgar V ⓘ
feastObservedIn	Syriac churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	1st century ⓘ
honorificTitle	Apostle ⓘ
languageOfTradition	Syriac ⓘ
linkedTraditionallyTo	Apostolic origins of the Church of the East ⓘ
liturgicalLegacy	Liturgy of Addai and Mari NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionField	Edessa in Osroene NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherName	Addaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thaddeus of Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage	Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryActivity	baptizing converts ⓘ preaching ⓘ
region	Osroene NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roleInTradition	founder of Syriac Christian tradition ⓘ
sourceText	Doctrine of Addai NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceTextLanguage	Syriac ⓘ
statusInScholarship	partly legendary figure ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionallyDiscipleOf	Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ one of the Seventy disciples ⓘ
traditionallySentBy	Apostle Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ the apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn	Assyrian Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Abgar V of Osroene → associatedWith → Addai the Apostle ⓘ

Anaphora of Addai and Mari → attributedTo → Addai the Apostle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Addai

Doctrine of Addai → mainCharacter → Addai the Apostle ⓘ