Abdisho Explained

Abdisho, ʾAbdisho, Abdishu, ʿAbd Īshūʿ, or Odisho, (Syriac: ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ|link=no, Arabic: عبد يشوع|link=no) meaning "servant of Jesus" in Syriac, is a Syriac Christian name that may refer to:

• Odisho
• Abdisho (died 345) (298 - 345), deacon and martyr of the Church of the East
• a companion in martyrdom to Desan (bishop)
• a martyr at Arbela in 376 with Acepsimas of Hnaita
• Abda and Abdisho, two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 376
• Abdishu ibn Bahriz, nestorian translator
• Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963 to 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 (1827 - 1899), patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894 to 1899