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Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/;
Ancient Gr****: 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 Edess****) was a 12th-century
Crusader state in
Upper Mesopotamia. Its seat was the city of
Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa...
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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...
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Edessa (Gr****: Έδεσσα,
pronounced [ˈeðesa]; also
known as the "City of
Waters and of the 5 Senses"),
until 1923
Vodena (Gr****: Βοδενά), is a city in northern...
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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...
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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...
- is a
saint of the
Church of the East. He was
converted by
Thaddeus of
Edessa, or Addai, and is said to have had Mar
Aggai as his
spiritual director....
- 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...
- 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)...
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Matthew of
Edessa (Armenian: Մատթէոս Ուռհայեցի, romanized: Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi; late 11th
century – 1144) was an
Armenian historian in the 12th century...
