Name
Miles, bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. c. 340
Saint ID
S00919
Number in BH
O 772
Reported Death Not Before
340
Reported Death Not After
341
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | 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. | E06372 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 6.65) of 596, to Athanasius, priest of a monastery dedicated to *Miles (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. c. 340, S00919) in Lycaonia (central Asia Minor), absolves him of a charge of heresy. Written in Latin in Rome. |
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