 Now this is the name (', ') of the fortress of Edessa.The king in question is, therefore, Lucius Ælius Septimus Megas Abgar IX, of Edessa, a Christian king as is well known.The original statement of the "Liber Pontificalis", in this hypothesis, had nothing to do with Britain; the compiler of the "Liber Pontificalis" changed ' to ', and in this way made a British king of the Syrian Lucius.