Edessa

Edessa

Edessa ranks 1,603rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oberstdorf, Castellón de la Plana, and Elmira, New York. Memorable people born in Edessa include Valerian, Abgar V, and Thaddeus of Edessa. Memorable people who died in Edessa include Bardaisan, Thoros of Edessa, and Matthew of Edessa. Edessa has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Edessa is located in Türkiye.

Edessa was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic period by Macedonian general and self proclaimed king Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire. He named it after an ancient Macedonian capital. The Greek name Ἔδεσσα (Édessa) means "tower in the water". It later became capital of the Kingdom of Osroene, and continued as capital of the Roman province of Osroene. In Late Antiquity, it became a prominent center of Christian learning and seat of the Catechetical School of Edessa. During the Crusades, it was the capital of the County of Edessa. Read more on Wikipedia