Addai of Edessa

Thaddeus of Edessa
Saint Addai ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ
Icon of St. Thaddeus (10th century, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai)
Bornc. 1st century AD
Edessa, Osroene, Roman Empire
Diedc. 2nd century AD
Venerated inChurch of the East
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Church
Church of Caucasian Albania
FeastAugust 5
PatronageAssyrians[1]

According to Eastern Christian tradition, Addai of Edessa (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ, Mar Addai or Mor Aday sometimes Latinized Addeus) or Thaddeus of Edessa[2] was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Magni was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Charles George Herbermann, The Catholic Encyclopedia (Universal Knowledge Foundation, 1913), p. 136.