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
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q4860637 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Barhadbshabba (martyr of Erbil) (CC BY-SA)
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