# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aba-i
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:10:49.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aba-i"
name: "Aba I"
slug: "aba-i"
description: "Aba I or Mar Abba the Great was the Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552. He introduced to the church the anaphoras of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius beside the more ancient liturgical rite of Addai and Mari. Though his tenure as catholicos saw Christians in the region threatened during the Perso-Roman wars and attempts by both Sassanid Persian and Byzantine rulers to interfere with the governance of the church, his reign is reckoned a period of consolidation, and a synod he held in 544 as instrumental in unifying and strengthening the church. In 544, the Synod of Mar Aba I adopted the ordinances of the Council of Chalcedon. He is thought to have written and translated a number of religious works. After his death in February 552, the faithful carried his casket from his simple home across the Tigris to the monastery of Mar Pithyon."
tagline: "Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mar_Abba_I_the_Great.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "550"
deathDate: "552"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.24
  momentum:             3.606829268292683
  historical:           11.819224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0_I"
    title: "Аба I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "أبا الأول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0_I"
    title: "Аба I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I."
    title: "Aba I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I."
    title: "Aba I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I"
    title: "Aba I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "مار آبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_Ier"
    title: "Aba Ier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A2%D5%A1_I"
    title: "Աբա I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I"
    title: "Aba I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "ആബാ ഒന്നാമൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I"
    title: "Aba I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I"
    title: "Aba I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aba_I"
    title: "Aba I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2708661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump