Aba II of Kashkar — ܐܒܐ ܒܪ ܒܪܝܟ ܨܒܝܢܗ
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Aba II of Kashkar; ܐܒܐ ܒܪ ܒܪܝܟ ܨܒܝܢܗ; ܐܲܒܵܐ ܒܲܪ ܒܪܝܼܟ ܨܸܒܝܵܢܹܗ; Mar Aba II; Aba II of Kashkar; Màr(j) Àb(h)ā II.; Mar Aba II Katholikos; Aba bar Brik Ṣebyaneh
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/307
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_307
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=M&sK=Mar%20Aba%20II%20of%20Kashkar&sT=keywords
Scholar, Bp. of Kashkar, and Cath. (741-751).
Aba II of Kashkar should be distinguished from the earlier Aba of Kashkar (active late 6th/early 7th cent.), with whom he has sometimes been confused (by Wright, among others).
birth: 641
death: 751
state: 741-751
state: Ch. of E.
G. J. Reinink Aba II of Kashkar The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 1-2
ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ 74
Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana III:157
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Mar Aba II of Kashkar
Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 214-215; cf. 123-124
Ortiz de Urbina, Patrologia Syriaca 105
A Short History of Syriac Literature 186-187 [Wright conflates this person with Aba of Kashkar (active late 6th/early 7th cent.).]