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Saint Behnam
Syriac saint
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Feast: 10 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
301
Died
350
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs were 4th-century Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Zoroastrian King Shapur II. They are venerated as saints in the Oriental Orthodox Churches and their lives are described in writings known as the Persian martyr acts.
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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.
Sources
- Nominis — Saints Behnam et Sara, martyrs (IVe siècle) — Persian/Syriac martyrs carried in the French bishops' conference saints' index; 4th century matches.
- Wikidata Q7401033 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (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.