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In hagiography: Abai was a Persian Martyr
killed by his father, Adorpirozgerd, who later converted to
Christianity. He was mentioned in the legend of Saba Pirgushnasp. He was martyred with
his mother Astina (Hwarta) and
5000 friends.
Names
- Abai
- ĀBĀÏ1
Sex
male1
Floruit
335-3851
Event
The saint is venerated on 1 or 2 October.
1
Attestation
Abai is commemorated in Abi (text) — [http://syriaca.org/work/806] .
Notes
In hagiography: Abai was a Persian Martyr
killed by his father, Adorpirozgerd, who later converted to
Christianity. He was mentioned in the legend of Saba Pirgushnasp. He was martyred with
his mother Astina (Hwarta) and
5000 friends.
Status: incomplete
Is this record complete?
Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 4.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 2nd. Ed. (Aleppo, 1956)., : 177. Note:
Acts of these martyrs are contained in a MS in the Library of the Syrian Orthodox patriarchate as described in
.
- 3 Eduard Sachau, Verzeichniss der syrischen handschriften der Königlichen bibliothek zu
Berlin, (Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1899)., : 814. Note:
Acts of these martyrs are contained in MS Sachau 241 in Berlin
.
- 4 British Museum, Department of Manuscripts and Frederic Madden, Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British Museum in the
year MDCCCXLI-MDCCCXLV (1850)., : 8, 11.
- 5 Paul Peeters, "Le martyrologe de Rabban Ṣalība." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 27 (1908)., : 163.
- 6 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 2nd. Ed. (Aleppo, 1956)., : 625.
- 7 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : I, 13.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Abai.”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1093.About this Entry
Entry Title: Abai
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