Barhadbesciabas
Christian martyr (d. 355)
Feast: 21 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Barhadbesciabas (alternately Barhadbesaba, Barhadbescialas or Barhadbshabba) (died July 20, 355) is venerated as a Christian martyr who was decapitated during the reign of Shapur II. A deacon of Arbela, in the Sassanid Empire, he was arrested by the governor of Arbela, Sapor Tamaspor, and put on the rack.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 15 July — 'ST BARHADBESABA, Martyr (a.d. 355)' — 'In the fifteenth year of the persecution, by the command of Sapor Tamsapor, governor of Adiabene, Barhadbesaba, deacon of the city of Arbela, was apprehended and put on the rack.' Exactly the entry (d. 355 under Shapur
- Wikidata Q4860637 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Barhadbshabba (martyr of Erbil) (CC BY-SA)
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