Name
Akebeshma/Akepsimas, bishop and martyr of Adiabene and his companions, ob. mid-4th c.
Saint ID
S01725
Number in BH
BHG 15-20
Reported Death Not Before
341
Reported Death Not After
379
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , 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. | E06593 | Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Akebeshma/Akepsimas (bishop and martyr of Adiabene and his companions, ob. mid-4th c., S01725). Skeleton entry |
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