• Abgar IX Severus was king of Osroene. Abgar succeeded his father, Abgar VIII in 212. In 213 Abgar IX and his son were summoned to Rome and murdered at...
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    Abgar VIII of Edessa, also known as Abgar the Great or Abgar bar Ma'nu, was an Arab king of Osroene from 177 CE to 212 CE. Abgar the Great was most remembered...
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  • 214, Abgar IX Severus was deposed and Osroene was incorporated as a Roman province (colonia). Thereafter, Abgarid dynasts only ruled in name. Abgar X Frahad...
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  • (ruled 68–53 BC) Abgar VI (ruled 71–91 AD) Abgar VII (ruled 109–116 AD) Abgar VIII (ruled 167–177 AD) Abgar IX (ruled 177–212 AD) Abgar Ali Akbar Armani...
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    Antique Egypt. BRILL. p. 383. ISBN 90-04-11127-1. It was around 200 CE that Abgar IX adopted Christianity, thus enabling Edessa to become the first Christian...
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    5th century.: 95  Abgar the Great died in 212 and was succeeded by Abgar IX, also called Severus as a sign of Roman influence. Abgar IX only reigned for...
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    However, various sources[which?] confirm that the Abgar who embraced the Christian faith was Abgar IX. Under him Christianity became the official religion...
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  • laws; these verses he delivered to the choirs".[citation needed] When Abgar IX, the friend of his youth, ascended the throne (179), Bardaisan took his...
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    century by Eusebius of Caesarea, King Abgar of Edessa wrote to Jesus, asking him to come cure him of an illness. Abgar received a reply letter from Jesus...
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    Syria by land. He immediately gathered his army and crossed the Euphrates. Abgar IX, titular King of Osroene but essentially only the ruler of Edessa since...
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  • (165–167) Abgar VIII (167–177) Abgar IX (the great) (177–212) Abgar X Severus bar Ma'nu (212–214) Abgar (X) Severus Bar Abgar (IX) Rabo (214–216) Ma’nu (IX) Bar...
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  • first German colonists to enter territory controlled by the Roman Empire. Abgar IX the Great becomes King of Edessa. Gogukcheon succeeds his father Shindae...
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  • first German colonists to enter territory controlled by the Roman Empire. Abgar IX the Great becomes King of Edessa. Gogukcheon succeeds his father Shindae...
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  • 5th century.: 95  Abgar the Great died in 212 and was succeeded by Abgar IX, also called Severus as a sign of Roman influence. Abgar IX only reigned for...
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  • list) – Abgar IX, client King under Rome (177–212) Abgar X Severus bar Ma'nu, client King under Rome (212–214) Abgar (X) Severus Bar Abgar (IX) Rabo, client...
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  • under Rome (163–165) Ma'nu VIII bar Ma'nu (165–167) Abgar VIII, client King under Rome (167–177) Abgar IX, client King under Rome (177–212) Parthian Empire...
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  • (94 BC) Abgar I, King (94–68 BC) Abgar II, King (68–52 BC) Ma'nu II, King (52–34 BC) Paqor of, King (34–29 BC) Abgar III, King (29–26 BC) Abgar IV, King...
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    and the Holy Tile (keramion) in the 960s, the letter of Christ to King Abgar V of Edessa in 1032. By the end of the 12th century, according to accounts...
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  • Jambres, the Lots of the Apostles and the Letters from Jesus to Abgar and from Abgar to Jesus. The various recensions of the Decretum appear in multiple...
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    1-30) Kujula Kadphises, King (and founder) of the Kushan Empire (30-80) Abgar V of Edessa, King of Osroene (4 BC–AD 7, 13–50) Artabanus III, King of the...
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    relics, the mandylion, the holy towel allegedly sent by Jesus Christ to King Abgar V of Edessa. John Kourkouas, although considered by some of his contemporaries...
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    President of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan (b. 1975), 16th Prime Minister of Armenia Abgar V, one of the first christan kings Princess Sandukht, regretted first Christian...
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    first icon ("image"). According to legend, Abgar V wrote to Jesus, asking him to come cure him of an illness. Abgar received an answering letter from Jesus...
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  • 400) (from information in the royal archives of Edessa) describes how King Abgar V of Edessa communicated to Jesus, requesting he come and heal him, to which...
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  • Virapetsi of Armenia. At the same time the retiring Catholicos in Sis Gregory IX Mousabegian (1439–1446) remained as the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia...
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    Thomas Cross Ethiopian cross Major figures Cyril of Alexandria Mor Addai Abgar V Gregory the Illuminator Nine Saints of Ethiopia Tiridates III Mar Awgin...
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    1640–1672), deposed with Marqos Sinoda (1672–1687) vacant (1687–1689) Marqos (IX ?) (1689–late 17th century) Abba Mikael (1640–1699) Marqos X (1694–1716) vacant...
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    Thomas Cross Ethiopian cross Major figures Cyril of Alexandria Mor Addai Abgar V Gregory the Illuminator Nine Saints of Ethiopia Tiridates III Mar Awgin...
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  • Thomas Cross Ethiopian cross Major figures Cyril of Alexandria Mor Addai Abgar V Gregory the Illuminator Nine Saints of Ethiopia Tiridates III Mar Awgin...
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  • Osroene (complete list) – Abgar V, King (4 BC–7 AD, 13–50) Ma'nu IV, King (7–13 AD) Ma'nu V, King (50–57) Ma'nu VI, King (57–71) Abgar VI, King (71–91) Sanatruk...
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