DĀDĪŠŌ' (DADIESU). — Nestorian abbot, born in 529 and died in 604. A native of Bēt-Darājē, in the district of Bēt-Arāmājē. He was first a hermit in Adiabene, then became a monk in the celebrated monastery founded by Abramo of Kaškar on Mount Izlā (5th century). The work begun by Abramo and codified by him in the canons of 571 was worthily continued by D., his successor in the direction of the monastery, who also composed canons in January 588.
BIBL.: J. B. Chabot, Regulae monasticae ab Abrahamo et Dadjeu conditae, in Rendiconti dell'Accad. dei Lincei, 3rd series, 7 (1898), pp. 77-102; R. Duval, La littérature syriaque, 2nd ed., Parigi 1900, p. 169 ff.; A. Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, Bonn 1922, p. 130 ff. Saverio Pericoli Ridolfini