Abdias of Babylon

Abdias of Babylon
Patriarch of Babylon
Bornc. 1st century AD
Diedc. 2nd century AD
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Feast28 October

Legend makes Abdias (or Obadiah) first bishop of Babylon and one of the Seventy Apostles who are collectively mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 10:1–20. Saints Simon and Jude allegedly consecrated him as the first Bishop of Babylon. He is also associated with St. Thomas and St. Addai, recognized as the first Patriarch of the Church of the East in Syriac Christianity.

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