Abdecalas
Persian priest and martyr, later made a saint
Feast: 21 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Abdecalas, also known as Abdelas, was a Persian priest and martyr, who together with another priest called Ananias, and about a hundred other Christians, was killed under the Persian ruler Shapur II on Good Friday, 345. One of these others was also named Abdecalas.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — SS. Simeon Barsabae and his Companions, 21 April — 'With him there suffered moreover the men of renown Abdechalas and Ananias, his priests' — the Persian priest-martyr; feast 21 April matches.
- Wikidata Q4664713 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Abdecalas (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.