Edessa
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Modern name: Urfa. an ancient city on the N edge of the Syrian plateau, founded as a Macedonian colony by Seleucus I: a centre of early Christianity
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Ancient name: Aegae. Modern Greek name: Édhessa. a market town in Greece: ancient capital of Macedonia. Pop (municipality): 25 729 (2001)
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The loss of Edessa posed a serious threat to the remaining Crusader States, however, and prompted the pope to call the Second Crusade.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He says that a Jewish merchant from Edessa bought the metal and required 900 camels to carry it off.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2017
The king venerated a mysterious image of Christ known as the Mandylion of Edessa, which was believed to have been imprinted by supernatural means.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 8, 2011
That image had long been defined by the Mandylion of Edessa, a piece of fabric thought to contain a direct impression of Jesus’ face.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2011
It is truly a marvel not only that Baghdad, Edessa, and Nisibis possessed Nestorian schools of divinity and philosophy, but that Christian colleges, seminaries, and theological schools flourished in Samarcand, Bokhara, and Khiva!
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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