Abo of Tiflis


Abo of Tiflis
القديس أبو التفليسي
Saint Abo of Tiflis
BornUnknown (8th century)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
DiedAbout 6 January 786
Tbilisi, Emirate of Tbilisi
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy
Catholic Church
Feast8 January

Abo of Tiflis (Arabic: أبو التفليسي, romanizedAbu al-Tiflisi; Georgian: აბო თბილელი, romanized: abo tbileli; c. 756 – 6 January 786) was a Christian martyr of Arab origin, who went on to practice his faith in what is now Tbilisi, the capital of present-day Georgia.