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 ).

personal data
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

[1] ܐܚܘܗܕܐܡܗ . The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, accessed July 15, 2020.

[2] 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 ).