Exile Case

Here you will find information about an individual exile case and links which enable you to view exile locations on a map as well as visualise the relationships between people and groups using a network diagram.

Person/Group	Mar Aba I ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date	c. 544 - c. 551 (from: --/--/544 to: --/--/551)
Sources	J.B. Chabot (ed.), Synodicon orientale ou recueil de synodes nestoriens (Paris: 1902), p. 318-19, 353 https://archive.org/stream/ChabotSynodiconOrientale/chabot%20synodicon%20orientale#page/n375/mode/2up P. Bedjan (ed.), Histoire de Mar Jabalaha et des trois autre patriarches (Paris: 1895), p. 206-274 https://archive.org/stream/HistoireDeMarJabAlaha/Histoire_de_Mar_Jab_alaha#page/n239/mode/2up

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office	Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in]
Location exiled from	Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in]
Location exiled to	Adurbadagan [Iranian Azerbaijan]
Location(s) arrived at	Adurbadagan [Iranian Azerbaijan]
Date of arrival	after 544 (from: --/--/544 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	alien place
Type of location	region
Reason for leaving	recalled
Location(s) exile returned to	Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in]
Location of office after return	Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in]
Notes	he initially spent some time in a prison

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine
Died in exile?	no
Reason for death
Writings in Exile	unknown

Legal details

Threat only	no
Refuge from judicial proceedings	no
Consequence of asylum	no
Offenses exiled for/accused of	proselytizing among the Zoroastrians
Legal type of exile	unknown
Additional punishments
Intended duration	permanent
Actual duration	seven years
Returned?	yes
Reason for return	recalled
Deposed by synod?	no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod?	unknown
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile	clerical
Religious status during exile	??
Religious status after return	clerical
Clerical or ascetic office before exile	bishop
Clerical or ascetic office during exile
Clerical or ascetic office after return	bishop
Enforced rank change?	n/a
Religious affiliation before exile
Religious affiliation during exile
Religious affiliation after return

Died in exile?	no

Cult

Venerated as a saint?	Yes
Date	Date: Unknown
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

Chosroes I

Interaction Date	c. 544 - c. 551 (from: --/--/544 to: --/--/551)
Interaction Location
Office	Sasanian king
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict, support?
Notes

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Responsible for return
Yes	Yes

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