Ahudemmeh
Ahudemmeh ( Syrian ܐܚܘܗܕܐܡܗ or ܐܚܘܕܐܡܗ; Arabic احودامه; * 6th century ; † in August 575 ) was Maphrian (Metropolitan) of Tikrit of the Syrian Orthodox Church from 559 until his execution .
He proselytized with the Arabs. After baptizing a son of the Sasanid king Chosrau I , he was persecuted by this ruler and was martyred in 575 . He is venerated as a martyr by Iraqi Christians, his life and work have been described in a hagiography . Several churches and monasteries of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch are named after Ahudemmeh , including the Mar Ahudemmeh Church in Tikrit, which was destroyed by IS in 2014, and the Mar Ahudeni Church in Mosul .
literature
- Geoffrey Greatrex, Samuel NC Lieu (Ed.): The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars. Part II: AD 363-630. Routledge, London / New York 2002, ISBN 0-415-14687-9 , p. 134 with note 64/65 on p. 279.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ܐܚܘܗܕܐܡܗ . The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, accessed July 15, 2020.
- ^ Geoff Hann, Karen Dabrowska: Iraq. The ancient sites and Iraqi Kurdistan. 2nd edition, Bradt, Chalfont St Peter (Buckinghamshire) 2015, ISBN 978-1-84162-488-4 , p. 217 ( online ).
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SURNAME | Ahudemmeh |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahūdemmēh; de Tagrit, Ahudemmeh; Mar Ahudemme; Ahoudemmeh; Ahudemme |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maphrian (Metropolitan) of the Syrian Orthodox Church |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 559 |
DATE OF DEATH | 575 |