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St. King Abgar V (the Black) of Edessa
and the Mandylion Ikon
(Syriac ABGAR UKOMO)
I Century
According to Eusebius and other sources, King Abgar
corresponded with the Lord, inviting Him to live in
Edessa. Although the Lord declined, he sent a towel
impressed with His likeness, the original
Made-Without-Hands Ikon
(Mandylion).
Later St. Thaddeus of the
Seventy or another apostle is said to have brought the
Gospel in full to Abgar's kingdom.
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1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with caution)
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The Abgar Dynasty in Chronological Order:
A kinglist, said to be from J. B. Segal's
Edessa..
--- Nestorian.Org
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The Chronicle of Edessa.
Anonymous translation in
J. Sac. Lit., 4th Ser., 5:28 (1864).
--- Tertullian
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St. Jacob of Serugh:
A Canticle on Edessa:
Likens the city of Abgar the Black to
the Shulamitess, "black but comely".
--- SPL
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St. Jacob of Serugh:
Homily on Habib the Martyr:
Edessa, betrothed to Christ by her
king Abgar, glorious city of martyrs!
--- NA
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P. W. Hartmann:
Abgar-Bild.
Long entry from Das große Kunstlexicon. In German.
--- BeyArs
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"A Monk of St. Tikhon's Monastery":
Icon Not-Made-By-Hands.
From These Truths We Hold,
(St. Tikhon's, So. Canaan, PA, 1986).
--- SVS
- Many modern writers associate the Edessa image with the
Shroud of Turin, although
this would seem to mean
rejecting parts of the received narratives. Here are some typical
examples of articles making this case.
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