# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theophilus-of-edessa
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:48:35.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theophilus-of-edessa"
name: "Theophilus of Edessa"
slug: "theophilus-of-edessa"
description: "Theophilus of Edessa, also known as Theophilus ibn Tuma and Thawafil, was a medieval astrologer and scholar in Mesopotamia. In the later part of his life he was the court astrologer to the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi."
tagline: "Greek astrologer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "695"
deathDate: "785"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.66
  momentum:             10.8
  historical:           12.08164266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "تھیوفیلوس رہاوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ثيوفيلوس اوف اديسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B2fil_d'Edessa"
    title: "Teòfil d'Edessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilos_von_Edessa"
    title: "Theophilos von Edessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Θεόφιλος Εδεσσηνός"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_of_Edessa"
    title: "Theophilus of Edessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofilo_de_Edeso"
    title: "Teofilo de Edeso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_de_Edesa"
    title: "Teófilo de Edesa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_d'%C3%89desse"
    title: "Théophile d'Édesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edesszai_Theophilosz"
    title: "Edesszai Theophilosz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Феофил Эдесский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil_iz_Edese"
    title: "Teofil iz Edese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofil_Ede%C5%A1ki"
    title: "Teofil Edeški"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edessal%C4%B1_Theofilus"
    title: "Edessalı Theofilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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