Abbas

Abbas.

Two different authors are frequently quoted by this title.

1. A celebrated canonist who flourished in 1250, and wrote a Commentary on the Five Books of Decretals, printed at Venice in 1588, folio. He is known as Abbas antiquus.

⇒Bible concordance for ABBA.

2. The celebrated Nicholas Tudeschi, the Panormitan, known as Abbas Siculus or Abbas junior. SEE PANORMITAN.

⇒Definition of abba

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.