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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Abdas, bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. c. 415

Saint ID

S01857

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04188Theodoret of Cyrrhus in his Ecclesiastical History (5.41) recounts the persecution of Christians in Persia under Shah Yazdegerd I (r. 399-420), mentioning the martyrs *Abdas (bishop and martyr in Persia, S01857) and *Beniamin (deacon and martyr in Persia, S01858). Written in Greek at Cyrrhus (northern Syria), 444/450.