Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey...

The County of Edessa (Latin: Comitatus Edessanus) was a 12th-century Crusader state in Upper Mesopotamia. Its seat was the city of Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa...

Edessa is the historical name of a city in Mesopotamia, now Şanlıurfa, Turkey. Edessa may also refer to: Edessa (bug), a large genus of stink bugs Edessa...

Edessa (Greek: Έδεσσα, pronounced [ˈeðesa]; also known as the "City of Waters and of the 5 Senses"), until 1923 Vodena (Greek: Βοδενά), is a city in northern...

The siege of Edessa took place from 28 November to 24 December 1144, resulting in the fall of the capital of the County of Edessa to Zengi, the atabeg...

other dialects of Aramaic), was the King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa. Abgar was described as "king of the Arabs" by the Roman historian Tacitus...

According to Christian tradition, the Image of Edessa was a holy relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the...

Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest...

The School of Edessa (Syriac: ܐܣܟܘܠܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ) was a Christian theological school of great importance to the Syriac-speaking world. It had been founded as...

Christian tradition, Addai of Edessa (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ, Mar Addai or Mor Aday sometimes Latinized Addeus) or Thaddeus of Edessa was one of the seventy disciples...

կուրապաղատ, T'oros the Curopalates; d. March 9, 1098) was an Armenian ruler of Edessa at the time of the First Crusade. Thoros was a former officer (curopalates)...

Upper Mesopotamia. The Kingdom of Osroene, also known as the "Kingdom of Edessa" (Classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ / "Kingdom of Urhay"), according to...

373), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint Ephraim (/ˈiːfriəm/), Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who...

Bourcq or Bourg (French: Baudouin; c. 1075 – 21 August 1131), was Count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and King of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. He accompanied...

Siege of Edessa may refer to: Siege of Edessa (163), Roman–Parthian Wars Siege of Edessa (165), Roman–Parthian Wars Siege of Edessa (503), Roman–Persian...

Bartholomew of Edessa was a Syrian Christian apologist, and polemical writer. The place of his birth is not known; it was probably Edessa or some neighbouring...

of Edessa took place between the armies of the Roman Empire under the command of Emperor Valerian and the Sasanian Empire under Shapur I, in Edessa (now...

Abibus of Edessa (Syriac: ܚܒܝܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, romanized: Ḥabbīḇ Ōrhāyā; Greek: Άβιβος της Εδέσσης; Church Slavonic: абиб от едеса; Arabic: حبيب الرهانيا, romanized: Ḥabīb...

Joscelin II (died 1159) was the fourth and last ruling count of Edessa. He was son of his predecessor, Joscelin I, and Beatrice, daughter of Constantine...

treasure. Edessa thus became the blessed city by possessing the greatest pearl India could yield. Thomas works miracles in India, and at Edessa Thomas is...

Jacob of Edessa (or James of Edessa) (Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, romanized: Yaʿqub Urhoyo) (c. 640 – 5 June 708) was Bishop of Edessa and prominent Syriac...

Matthew of Edessa (Armenian: Մատթէոս Ուռհայեցի, romanized: Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi; late 11th century – 1144) was an Armenian historian in the 12th century...

The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First...

Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (died 1131), son of prec. Joscelin II, Count of Edessa (died 1159), son of prec. Joscelin III, Count of Edessa (died after 1190)...

Nisibis (Syriac: ܐܣܟܘܠܐ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ, for a time absorbed into the School of Edessa) was an educational establishment in Nisibis (now Nusaybin, Turkey). It...

Edessa rufomarginata, also known as red-bordered stink bug, is a species of stink bug. The species was originally described by Charles De Geer in 1773...

2012 z Edessa dolichocera (Lichtenstein, 1795) g Edessa dolosa Breddin, 1907 g Edessa elongatispina g Edessa eucnema g Edessa exigusternata g Edessa flavinervis...

The Chronicle of Edessa (Latin: Chronicon Edessenum) is an anonymous history of the city of Edessa written in the mid-6th century in the Syriac language...

southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain...

(Classical Syriac: ܗܝܒܐ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, Ihiba or Hiba; d. 28 October 457) was bishop of Edessa (c. 435–457) and was born in Syria. His name is the Syriac equivalent of...