What is "abdisho"

Abdisho ( Syriac: ʰbhedhišoʰ), a member of the Church of the East, was a deacon and martyr.

He was imprisoned with Bishop Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai in Mesopotamia by order of Shapur II. Following the deaths of bishop Dausa and 275 companions at Masabadan, Abdisho, who survived, continued to preach the gospel and bury the martyrs. He was sentenced to death by the mayor of the village in 345.

Abdisho (, "servant of Jesus") may refer to:

• Abdisho (298–c.345), deacon and martyr of the Christian church
• Abda and Abdjesus, two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 366 AD or 375 AD
• Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963-986
• Abdisho III, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1139 to 1148
• Abdisho bar Berika (Ebed-Jesu) (d.1318), author of medieval catalogue of ancient Greek and Syriac writers
• Abdisho IV Maron, second Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1555 to 1570
• Abdisho V Khayat, or Mar Audishu V Khayyath, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894-1899