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Abdecalas

Persian priest and martyr, later made a saint

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Feast: 21 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
345
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

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

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q4664713 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Abdecalas (CC BY-SA)

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