Abdju

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Ábūdos (Ἄβῡδος) Abūdēnós (Ἀβῡδηνός),” which in turn derives from the Egyptian “Ȝbḏw,” meaning “hill temple.” Abydos is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt and also of the eighth nome in Upper Egypt, of which it was the capital city. Saint Abudemius was Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. The feast day is traditionally celebrated on July 15. Abydenus (Ancient Greek: Αβυδηνός) was a Greek historian and the author of a History of the Chaldeans and Assyrians, of which Eusebius preserves some fragments in his Praeparatio Evangelica, and by Cyril of Alexandria in his work against Julian.