Name
Symeon/Shimun bar Ṣabbae, bishop and martyr in Persia, and companions, ob. 341 or 344
Saint ID
S00592
Number in BH
O 1117-1119
Reported Death Not Before
339
Reported Death Not After
344
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , Eunuchs, Lesser clergy
| ID | Title | E00854 | The Martyrdom of *Shimun/Symeon bar Ṣabbae (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. 341 or 344, with companions, S00592) is produced by an anonymous Syriac-speaking writer in Persia during the late 4th or early 5th century. It describes the martyrdom of Symeon, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and his companions the eunuch Gushtazad, the priests Ḥananya and Abdhaykla, and the craftsman *Pusai and his daughter (martyrs in Persia, S01218) during the reign of Shapur II (r. 309-379), with no reference to miraculous events. | E00855 | The History of *Shimun/Symeon bar Ṣabbae (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. 341 or 344, and companions, S00592) is produced by an anonymous Syriac-speaking writer in Persia during the second half of the 5th century. It describes the martyrdom of Symeon, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and his companions, who include the eunuch Gushtazad, the priests Ḥananya and Abdhaykla, and the craftsman *Pusai (father of Martha and martyr in Persia, ob. 341 or 344, S01218) during the reign of Shapur II (r. 309-379). | E00856 | The Syriac History of *Shimun/Symeon bar Ṣabbae (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. 341 or 344, S00592) relates that after the execution of the bishop and his companions their bodies were taken away and buried by the Christians of Karka d-Ledan in Khuzistan. It reports also that some Christian soldiers in Persian army asked for and were provided with relics of these martyrs. | E03109 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 14 April *Symeon/Shimun bar Ṣabbae (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. 341/344, S00592). | E03709 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 14 April *Symeon/Shimun bar Ṣabbae (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. 341 or 344, S00592). | E04002 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (2.9-14), recounts the persecution of Christians in Persia under Shapur II (341-379), based on Syriac hagiograhical sources. These include martyrdom accounts of *Symeon/Shimun Bar Saba and his companions (S00592), *Pusai and his daughter (S01218), *Tarbo (S01611), *Akebeshma (S01725), *Aithala and Hapsai (S01482), *Azadan and Abdishu (S01726), and *Miles (S00919). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. |
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