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Death:
342
The details
Biography

Abdisho, ʾAbdisho, Abdishu, ʿAbd Īshūʿ, or Odisho, (Syriac: ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ, Arabic: عبد يشوع) meaning "servant of Jesus" in Syriac, is a Syriac Christian name that may refer to:

  • Odisho
  • Abdisho (died 345) (298–345), deacon and martyr of the Church of the East
  • a companion in martyrdom to Desan (bishop)
  • a martyr at Arbela in 376 with Acepsimas of Hnaita
  • Abda and Abdisho, two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 376
  • Abdishu ibn Bahriz , nestorian translator
  • Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963 to 986
  • Abdisho III, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1139 to 1148
  • Abdisho bar Berika (Ebed-Jesu) (d.1318), author of medieval catalogue of ancient Greek and Syriac writers
  • Abdisho IV Maron, second Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1555 to 1570
  • Abdisho V Khayat, or Mar Audishu V Khayyath (1827–1899), patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894 to 1899