page_title: Thaddeus of Edessa
hierarchical_section_title: Thaddeus of Edessa
caption_attribution_description: Thaddeus of Edessa. (Thaddeus of the Seventy Disciples). Encaustic painting. Fragment of "Agar receivinh the Mandilion from Thaddeus". Фаддей, апостол из 70-ти. Энкаустическая икона. Верхняя часть левой створки триптиха с утраченным средником. Часть композиции «Авгарь получает Нерукотворный Образ от апостола Фаддея».
context_page_description: According to Eastern Christian tradition, Thaddeus of Edessa was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus. He is possibly identical with Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles. From an early date his hagiography is filled with legends and fabrications. The saint himself may be entirely fictitious.
context_section_description: According to Eastern Christian tradition, Thaddeus of Edessa (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ, Mar Addai or Mor Aday, sometimes Latinized Addeus) was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus. He is possibly identical with Thaddaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles. From an early date his hagiography is filled with legends and fabrications. The saint himself may be entirely fictitious.
caption: Icon of St. Thaddeus (10th century, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai)
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