Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Abgarus (Toparch)

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1867
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1509764Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1867 — Abgarus

A'BGARUS, Toparch of Edessa, supposed by Eusebius to have been the author of a letter written to our Saviour, which he found in a church at Edessa and translated from the Syriac. The letter is believed to be spurious. It is given by Eusebius. (Hist. Eccl. i. 13.) [A. J. C.]

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Abgarus (Toparch)

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