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Aba of Kashkar
priest, martyred at Kashkar, Persia with Saints Abda and Abdjesus
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 16 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
301
Died
374
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Abdisho and Abda were two successive bishops of Kashkar who were martyred along with 38 companions in 376 during the Forty-Year Persecution in the Sasanian Empire.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Martirologio Romano, 16 maggio — Priest martyred at Kashkar in 376 with the bishops Abda and Abdisho. The current Roman Martyrology commemorates the group at 16 May: 'In Persia, santi martiri Abda e Ebediéso, vescovi, che furono uccisi sotto il regno di
- Wikidata Q4663116 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aba (died 376) (CC BY-SA)
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