List of Famous people with last name Edessa

Thoros of Edessa

First Name Thoros

Born on November 30, 1099

Died on March 9, 1098

Thoros was an Armenian ruler of Edessa at the time of the First Crusade. Thoros was a former officer (curopalates) in the Byzantine Empire and a lieutenant of Philaretos Brachamios. He was Armenian but practiced the Greek Orthodox faith.

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Joscelin I, Count of Edessa

First Name Joscelin

Born on January 1, 1072

Died on January 1, 1131 (aged 59)

Born in France, Centre-Val de Loire

Joscelin of Courtenay, Prince of Galilee and Lord of Turbessel (1115–1131) and Count of Edessa (1119–1131), ruled over the County of Edessa during its zenith, from 1118 to 1131. He maintained the large and unstable borders through his martial prowess.

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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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