Barhadbesciabas

Barhadbesciabas (alternately Barhadbesaba or Barhadbescialas) (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.

Saint

Barhadbesciabas
Hieromartyr
Died4th century
Arbela, Sassanid Empire
Venerated inOriental Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
FeastJuly 20[1] or July 21

Tradition states that the authorities ordered Aghaeus, an apostate Christian nobleman, to kill Barhadbesciabas with a sword.

Another Christian of the same name was martyred with Abda and Abdjesus in 366.

His feast day is July 21.[2]

References
  1. https://syriacorthodoxarchdiocese.wordpress.com/church-calendar/
  2. "Saint Barhadbesciabas, Deacon, Martyr. July 21. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume VII: July. The Lives of the Saints".
  • Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.


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