Abda of Edessa

Abda of Edessa

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name= Abda of Edessa
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feast_day= February 16
venerated_in= Assyrian Church of the East


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Abda of Edessa was a bishop of Edessa in the Assyrian Church of the East. He is commemorated as a saint by that church with a feast day of February 16.

References

Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.


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