List of Famous people born in Şanlıurfa, Şanlıurfa Province

Alice of Antioch

First Name Alice

Last Name Antioch

Born on January 1, 1110

Died on November 30, 1150 (aged 40)

Born in Şanlıurfa Province, Şanlıurfa

Alice of Jerusalem was a Princess consort of Antioch by marriage to Bohemond II of Antioch. She engaged in a longlasting power struggle during the reign of her daughter Constance of Antioch.

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Thaddeus of Edessa

First Name Thaddeus

Born on November 30, 0099

Died on November 30, 0049

Born in Şanlıurfa Province, Şanlıurfa

According to Eastern Christian tradition, Addai of Edessa or Thaddeus of Edessa was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus. He is possibly identical with Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles. From an early date his hagiography is filled with legends and fabrications. The saint himself may be entirely fictitious.

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