Abdisho, ʾAbdisho, Abdishu, or ʿAbd Īshōʿ (, ) meaning 'servant of Jesus' in Syriac, is a masculine given name. The name is most predominantly used by

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, namely the

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. The name is derived from the Syriac word "abd" () and the

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name for

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, Isho (). Abdisho can also alternatively be spelled as Odisho, used as a surname. Persons with this name include: * Abdisho (died 345) (298–345), deacon and martyr of the Church of the East * Abda and Abdisho, two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 376 * Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963 to 986 *

Abdisho II was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1074 to 1090. Life Before his elevation to patriarch, served as bishop of Nisibis (Nusaybin Nusaybin () is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,079 km2, and ...

, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1074 to 1090 * Abdisho III, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1139 to 1148 *

Abdisho bar Berika Abdisho bar Berika or Ebedjesu () (died 1318), also known as Mar Odisho or St. Odisho in English, was a Syriac writer. He was born in Nusaybin. Abdisho was first bishop of Shiggar (Sinjar) and the province of Bet 'Arbaye (Arbayestan) around 1285 ...

(Ebed-Jesu) (died 1318), author of medieval catalogue of ancient Greek and Syriac writers *

Abdisho IV Maron Mar Abdisho IV Maron () was the second Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1555 to 1570. Abdisho, whose name is spelled in many different ways in Latin characters (''Abdisu'', ''Abd-Jesu'', ''Hebed-Jesu'', ''Abdissi'', ''Audishu'') m ...

, 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 * Habib ibn Bahriz, or ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz, a 9th century bishop and scholar for the Church of the East Figures with the name 'Abdisho' are also attested in the early

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and the Syriac rites: *a companion in martyrdom to Desan (bishop), who was bishop of the

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*a martyr at Arbela in 376 alongside

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