Abas (Catholicos)
Abas | |
|---|---|
| Catholicos of Albania, Lupenia and Chola | |
| Church | Caucasian Albanian Church |
| Installed | 552 |
| Term ended | 596 |
| Predecessor | Shuphalishoy (?) |
| Successor | Viro |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 596 |
| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity or Monophysitism |
Abas (Old Armenian: Աբաս) or Tēr Abas was the Catholicos and head of Caucasian Albanian Church in the late 6th century. He is considered as first autocephalous catholicos of Albania, by the virtue of adoption of his full official insulatio as Catholicos of Albania, Lupenia and Chola. However, previous catholicoi were also mentioned in other sources.