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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Azadan and Abdishu, deacons and martyrs, ob. mid-4th c.

Saint ID

S01726

Reported Death Not Before

341

Reported Death Not After

379

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04002Sozomen, 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.