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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Beniamin, deacon and martyr in Persia, ob. c 415

Saint ID

S01858

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
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.