Cyrus I of Edessa

Cyrus I (died 396) was the bishop of Edessa. He succeeded Eulogius, who died on Good Friday 387 (year 698 of the Seleucid era).^[1]

According to the Chronicle of Edessa, on 22 August 394 (705) Cyrus moved the relics (bones) of Thomas the Apostle from a martyrium outside the city walls to a church in the southwest corner of the city.^[1][2]

Cyrus died on 22 July 396 (707).^[1] The story of Euphemia and the Goth is set during the pontificate of Cyrus.^[3]